Laomediidae Explained

Laomediidae is a family of mud shrimp crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Gebiidea, within the order Decapoda.^[1]

It contains the following genera:

• Jaxea Nardo, 1847
• Laomedia De Haan, 1841
• Naushonia Kingsley, 1897
• Reschia Schweigert, 2009 - although the placement of Reschia within Laomediidae has been disputed^[2]
• Saintlaurentiella Paiva, Tavares & Silva-Neto, 2010
• Strianassa Anker, 2020

The family Axianassidae is sometimes considered to be a junior synonym of Laomediidae.^{[3] [4]} In this case, Laomediidae would also include the following genera:^[5]

• Axianassa Schmitt, 1924
• Heteroaxianassa Sakai, 2016

Notes and References

1. Web site: Laomediidae . www.gbif.org . 5 June 2021 . en.
2. Hyzny . Matus . May 2011 . Revision of Jaxea kuemeli Bachmayer, 1954 (Decapoda: Gebiidea: Laomediidae) from the Miocene of Europe, with remarks on the palaeobiogeography of the genus Jaxea Nardo, 1847. . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen . 260 . 2 . 173–184 . 10.1127/0077-7749/2011/0165.
3. 2023 . Axianassidae Schmitt, 1924 . 477325 . 23 April 2018.
4. Kensley . Brian . Heard . Richard . 25 September 1990 . THE GENUS AXIANASSA (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: THALASSINIDEA) IN THE AMERICAS . Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. . 103 . 3 . 558–572 .
5. 2023 . Laomediidae Borradaile, 1903 . 106802 . 23 April 2018.