Chirocephalidae is a family of fairy shrimp, characterised by a reduced or vestigial maxilla, more than two setae on the fifth endite, divided pre-epipodites and widely separated seminal vesicles. It consists of the following eight genera, including the genera formerly placed in the families Linderiellidae and Polyartemiidae: \n* Artemiopsis G. O. Sars, 1897 \n* Branchinectella Daday de Dées, 1910 \n* Chirocephalus Prévost, 1820 \n* Dexteria Brtek, 1965 \n* Eubranchipus Verrill, 1870 \n* Linderiella Brtek, 1964 \n* Polyartemia Fischer, 1851 \n* Polyartemiella Daday de Dées, 1909