Sergestidae

{{Short description|Family of crustaceans}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Bathonian|Recent|earliest=Bajocian}}

| image = sergestidshrimp-bbsr-edu-creature-feature.jpeg

| taxon = Sergestidae

| authority = Dana, 1852

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = See text

}}

Sergestidae is a family of prawns which have lived since at least the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian/Bathonian).{{Cite journal|author=Sergio Bravi|author2=Alessandro Garassino|author3=Antonello Bartiromo|author4=Denis Audo|author5=Sylvain Charbonnier|author6=Günter Schweigert|author7=Frédéric Thévenard|author8=Cristiano Longobardi|name-list-style=amp |year=2014 |title=Middle Jurassic Monte Fallano Plattenkalk (Campania, southern Italy): first report on terrestrial plants, decapod crustaceans and fishes |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=272 |issue=1 |pages=79–107 |doi=10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0398 }} It contains the following genera:{{cite journal |journal = Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |year=2009 |volume = Suppl. 21 |pages=1–109 |title = A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans |author1=Sammy De Grave |author2=N. Dean Pentcheff |author3=Shane T. Ahyong |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf|display-authors=etal}}

• Acetes H. Milne-Edwards, 1830
• Allosergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008
• Casertanus Bravi et al., 2014 †
• Cretasergestes Garassino & Schweigert, 2006 †
• Deosergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008
• Eusergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008
• Neosergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008
• Paleomattea Maisey & G. P. de Carvalho, 1995 †
• Parasergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008
• Sergestes H. Milne-Edwards, 1830
• Sergia Stimpson, 1860
• Sicyonella Borradaile, 1910