Axianassidae

{{Short description|Family of crustaceans}}

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|taxon = Axianassidae

|authority = Schmitt, 1924

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Axianassidae is a family of mud shrimp crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Gebiidea, within the order Decapoda.{{cite web |title=Axianassidae |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4648332 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=21 June 2021 |language=en}}

It contains the following genera:

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| Axianassa | Schmitt, 1924

| Heteroaxianassa | Sakai, 2016

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However, Axianassidae is sometimes considered to be a junior synonym of Laomediidae.{{cite WoRMS |year=2023 |title=Axianassidae Schmitt, 1924 |id=477325 |accessdate=23 April 2018}}{{cite journal |last1=Kensley |first1=Brian |last2=Heard |first2=Richard | date=25 September 1990 |title=THE GENUS AXIANASSA (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: THALASSINIDEA) IN THE AMERICAS |journal=Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. |volume=103 |issue=3 |pages=558–572 |url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/10997/iz_1990_Kensley_Heard_The_genus_Axianassa.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 }}