Aenigmacaris

Aenigmacaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Subclass:	Hoplocarida
Order:	Aeschronectida
Family:	Aenigmacarididae
Genus:	Aenigmacaris; Schram and Horner, 1978 [1]

Aenigmacaris is an extinct genus of malacostracan crustacean, which includes the species Aenigmacaris cornigerum and Aenigmacaris minima.[2] Their closest extant relatives are the mantis shrimp.

References

Frederick R. Schram & Joan M. Schram (1979). "Some shrimp of the Madera Formation (Pennsylvanian) Manzanita Mountains, New Mexico". Journal of Paleontology. 53 (1): 169–174. JSTOR 1304046.
Stefan Koenemann & Ronald A. Jenner (2005). Crustacea and arthropod relationships. Crustacean issues. Volume 16. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-3498-6.

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[1] Frederick R. Schram & Joan M. Schram (1979). "Some shrimp of the Madera Formation (Pennsylvanian) Manzanita Mountains, New Mexico". Journal of Paleontology. 53 (1): 169–174. JSTOR 1304046.

[2] Stefan Koenemann & Ronald A. Jenner (2005). Crustacea and arthropod relationships. Crustacean issues. Volume 16. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-3498-6.