Micheleidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Axiidea

Familia: Micheleidae

Genera: Marcusiaxius – Meticonaxius – Michelea – Tethisea
Name

Micheleidae Sakai, 1992

Type genus: Michelea Kensley & Heard, 1991
Synonyms

Meticonaxiinae Sakai, 1993
Micheleinae Sakai, 1992

References
Primary references

Sakai, K. 1992. The families Callianideidae and Thalassinidae, with the description of two new subfamilies, one new genus and two new species (Decapoda, Thalassinidea). Naturalists, Publications of Tokushima Biological Laboratory, Shikoku University 4: 1–33. Reference page.

Links

Micheleidae – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Micheleidae in the World Register of Marine Species

Micheleidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Axiidea, within the order Decapoda.[1]

It contains the following genera:[1]

Marcusiaxius Rodrigues & de Carvalho, 1972
Meticonaxius de Man, 1905
Michelea Kensley & Heard, 1991
Paki Karasawa & Hayakawa, 2000
Tethisea Poore, 1994

References

"Micheleidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 June 2021.