Stenopodidae

Stenopodidae
Temporal range:
Stenopus hispidus, banded boxer shrimp, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Stenopodidea
Family: Stenopodidae
Claus, 1872
Synonyms
  • Stenopidae Huxley, 1879

Stenopodidae is a family of decapods in the order Decapoda, sometimes known as boxer shrimp. There are about 6 genera and more than 30 described species in Stenopodidae. The oldest record of the family dates to the Devonian.