Family SPELAEOGRIPHIDAE Gordon, 1957
Introduction
This, the only family in the Order, comprises three monotypic genera.
Diagnosis
Carapace short, fused with thoracomere 1; one pair of maxillipeds; pereopods 1-7 simple, biramous, with short exopods; exopods on pereopods 1-3 setose, on pereopods 4-7 gill-like; tailfan well developed; eyestalk present, but eyes nonfunctional or absent.
General References
Gordon, I. 1957. Spelaeogriphus, a new cavernicolous crustacean from South Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 5: 31-47