Psalidopus

Psalidopus
Psalidopus huxleyi on a 2013 stamp of the Philippines
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Superfamily: Psalidopodoidea
Wood-Mason, 1892 
Family: Psalidopodidae
Wood-Mason, 1892 
Genus: Psalidopus
Wood-Mason, 1892 
Species
  • Psalidopus barbouri Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1892
  • Psalidopus huxleyi Chace, 1939
  • Psalidopus tosaensis Toriyama & Hirokawa, 1993

Psalidopus is a genus of shrimp placed in its own family, Psalidopodidae, and superfamily, Psalidopodoidea. It comprises three species, one in the western Atlantic Ocean, and two in the Indo-Pacific.