Speleonectidae

Speleonectidae is a family of remipedes in the order Nectiopoda. There are at least two genera and about seven described species in Speleonectidae.

Genera

These two genera and seven species belong to the family Speleonectidae:

• Lasionectes <small>Yager & Schram, 1986</small>
• Lasionectes entrichoma <small>Yager & Schram, 1986</small>
• Speleonectes <small>Yager, 1981</small>
• Speleonectes epilimnius <small>Yager & Carpenter, 1999</small>
• Speleonectes gironensis <small>Yager, 1994</small>
• Speleonectes kakuki <small>Daenekas, Iliffe, Yager & Koenemann, 2009</small>
• Speleonectes lucayensis <small>Yager, 1981</small>
• Speleonectes minnsi <small>Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2003</small>
• Speleonectes tanumekes <small>Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2003</small>

Several former Speleonectes species have recently been transferred to other genera. Three examples of such species include:

• Speleonectes atlantida (to Morlockia atlantida)
• Speleonectes benjamini (to Angirasu benjamini)
• Speleonectes tulumensis (to Xibalbanus tulumensis)

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