Hirsutiidae

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Kingdom Animalia Class Malacostraca Phylum Arthropoda		Subphylum Crustacea Superorder Peracarida Rank Family
Order Bochusacea Gutu & Iliffe, 1998 Similar Mictocaris, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Anaspidacea, Peracarida

Hirsutiidae is a family of crustaceans, classified either as a separate order, Bochusacea, or as part of a wider Mictacea. It comprises five species in three genera:

Hirsutia bathyalis Saunders, Hessler & Garner, 1985

Hirsutia saundersetalia Just & Poore, 1988

Thetispelecaris remex Gutu & Iliffe, 1998

Thetispelecaris yurigako Ohtsuka, Hanamura & Kase, 2002

Montucaris distincta Jaume, Boxshall & Bamber, 2006

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