Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Dendrobranchiata > Superfamily Sergestoidea

Sergestidae Dana, 1852

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Allosergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008
Cornutosergestes Vereshchaka, Olesen & Lunina, 2014
Eusergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008
Gardinerosergia Vereshchaka, Olesen & Lunina, 2014
Neosergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008
Parasergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008
Petalidium Spence Bate, 1881
Phorcosergia Vereshchaka, Olesen & Lunina, 2014
Robustosergia Vereshchaka, Olesen & Lunina, 2014
Sergestes H. Milne Edwards, 1830
Sergia Stimpson, 1860

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: sergestid shrimps sources: MASDEA (1997).

Japanese: サクラエビ科

Literature

original description	Dana, J. D. (1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, &c. Conspectus of the Crustacea of the exploring expedition under Capt. C. Wilkes, U.S.N. Macroura. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6: 10-28.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp.
additional source	De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85(9): 195-589.
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Sergestidae Dana, 1852. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106731