Gourretiidae Explained

Gourretiidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Axiidea, within the order Decapoda.

Phylogeny

The cladogram below shows Gourretiidae's placement within Axiidea, from analysis by Wolfe et al., 2019.^[1]

Genera

• Gourretia de Saint Laurent, 1973^[2]
• Heterogourretia Sakai, 2017^[3]
• Ivorygourretia Sakai, 2017^[3]
• Laurentgourretia Sakai, 2004^[4]
• Plantesgourretia Sakai, 2017^[3]
• Ruiyuliugourretia Sakai, 2017^[3]
• Tuerkaygourretia Sakai, 2017^[3]

Notes and References

1. Wolfe . Joanna M. . Breinholt . Jesse W. . Crandall . Keith A. . Lemmon . Alan R. . Lemmon . Emily Moriarty . Timm . Laura E. . Siddall . Mark E. . Bracken-Grissom . Heather D. . A phylogenomic framework, evolutionary timeline and genomic resources for comparative studies of decapod crustaceans . Proceedings of the Royal Society B . 24 April 2019 . 286 . 1901 . 10.1098/rspb.2019.0079 . 31014217 . free . 6501934 .
2. de Saint Laurent, M. (1973). Sur la systématique et la phylogénie des Thalassinidea: définition des familles des Callianassidae et des Upogebiidae et diagnose de cinq genres nouveaux (Crustacea, Decapoda). Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Sciences naturelles, 288, 1395–1397.
3. Sakai, K. (2017). A second report on material from Dr. Mortensen's collection of Thalassinidea and Callianassidea (Decapoda) in the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen. Crustaceana, 90(7–10), 1117–1144.
4. Sakai, K. (2004). Dr. R. Plante's collection of the families Callianassidae and Gourretiidae (Decapoda, Thalassinidea) from Madagascar, with the description of two new genera and one new species of the Gourretiidae Sakai, 1999 (new status) and two new species of the Callianassidae Dana, 1852. Crustaceana, 77(5), 553–601.