Family Glypheidae - fenix lobsters

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  Class
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Malacostraca
  No. of Genera in Ref.
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  No. of Species in Ref.
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2
  Environment
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Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : No
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  First Fossil Record
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Ref..   De Grave, S., N. Dean Pentcheff, S.T. Ahyong, T.-Y. Chan, K.A. Crandall, P.C. Dworschak, D.L. Felder, R.M. Feldmann, C.H.J.M. Fransen, L.Y.D. Goulding, R. Lemaitre, M.E.Y. Low, J.W. Martin, P.K.L. Ng, C.E. Schweitzer and S.H. … Tan 2009
  Remark
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Also Ref. 4. Body somewhat flattened dorsoventrally; eyes large and black, inserted on a median elevation of cephalon; carapace with a well-developed rostrum; antennae long and thread-like; first 2 legs forming false pincers, first pair very strong; uropods of tail fan entirely hardened. A single deep-water species, rare and of no commercial importance (Ref. 409).
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  Division
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Marine
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Ref.
[ e.g. 3742]                  
Glossary
                      [ e.g. cnidaria]
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