Speleonectidae

Speleonectidae is a family of remipedes in the order Nectiopoda. There are at least two genera and about seven described species in Speleonectidae.^[1][2]

Speleonectidae
Speleonectes tanumekes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Remipedia
Order:	Nectiopoda
Family:	Speleonectidae

Genera

These two genera and seven species belong to the family Speleonectidae:^[3][4][5]

• Lasionectes Yager & Schram, 1986
  • Lasionectes entrichoma Yager & Schram, 1986
• Speleonectes Yager, 1981
  • Speleonectes epilimnius Yager & Carpenter, 1999
  • Speleonectes gironensis Yager, 1994
  • Speleonectes kakuki Daenekas, Iliffe, Yager & Koenemann, 2009
  • Speleonectes lucayensis Yager, 1981
  • Speleonectes minnsi Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2003
  • Speleonectes tanumekes Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2003

Several former Speleonectes species have recently been transferred to other genera:^[5]

• Speleonectes atlantida (to Morlockia atlantida)
• Speleonectes benjamini (to Angirasu benjamini)
• Speleonectes tulumensis (to Xibalbanus tulumensis)