Benthesicymus is a genus of prawns, containing the following species:[2]
A single fossil species, formerly included in the genus Benthesicymus, is now placed in a separate genus, Palaeobenthesicymus.[3]
A 2020 study showed Benthesicymus to be paraphyletic with five robust clades, 4 of which were diagnosed as new genera:[4]
Benthesicymus is a genus of prawns, containing the following species:
Benthesicymus altus Spence Bate, 1881 Benthesicymus armatus MacGilchrist, 1905 Benthesicymus bartletti Smith, 1882 Benthesicymus brasiliensis Spence Bate, 1881 Benthesicymus cereus Burkenroad, 1936 Benthesicymus crenatus Spence Bate, 1881 Benthesicymus howensis Dall, 2001 Benthesicymus investigatoris Alcock & Anderson, 1899 Benthesicymus iridescens Spence Bate, 1881 Benthesicymus laciniatus Rathbun, 1906 Benthesicymus seymouri Tirmizi, 1960 Benthesicymus strabus Burkenroad, 1936 Benthesicymus tanneri Faxon, 1893 Benthesicymus tirmiziae Crosnier, 1978 Benthesicymus urinator Burkenroad, 1936A single fossil species, formerly included in the genus Benthesicymus, is now placed in a separate genus, Palaeobenthesicymus.
A 2020 study showed Benthesicymus to be paraphyletic with five robust clades, 4 of which were diagnosed as new genera:
Bathicaris Vereshchaka & Lunina, gen. nov. Bathicaris brasiliensis (Spence Bate, 1881), comb. nov. Bathicaris cereus (Burkenroad, 1936), comb. nov. Bathicaris iridescens (Spence Bate, 1881), comb. nov. Bathicaris seymouri (Tirmizi, 1960), comb. nov. Bathicaris strabus (Burkenroad, 1936), comb. nov. Bathicaris urinator (Burkenroad, 1936), comb. nov. Dalicaris Vereshchaka & Lunina, gen. nov. Dalicaris altus (Spence Bate, 1881), comb. nov. Maorrancaris Vereshchaka & Lunina, gen. nov. Maorrancaris investigatoris (Alcock & Anderson, 1899), comb. nov Trichocaris Vereshchaka & Lunina, gen. nov. Trichocaris bartletti (Smith, 1882), comb. nov. Trichocaris tanneri (Faxon, 1893), comb. nov. Trichocaris tirmiziae (Crosnier, 1978), comb. nov.