Biology:Palaemonoidea

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Short description: Superfamily of shrimp

Palaemonoidea
Palaemon elegans1.jpg
Palaemon elegans (Palaemonidae)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Superfamily: Palaemonoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
Families

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Palaemonoidea is a large superfamily of shrimp, containing nearly 1,000 species.[1] The position of the family Typhlocarididae is unclear, although the monophyly of a group containing the remaining seven families is well supported.[2]

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References

  1. Sammy De Grave et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf. 
  2. Heather D. Bracken, Sammy De Grave & Darryl L. Felder (2009). "Phylogeny of the infraorder Caridea based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes (Crustacea: Decapoda)". Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics. Crustacean issues. 18. CRC Press. pp. 281–305. ISBN 978-1-4200-9258-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=Bxs6SgSW2kQC&pg=PA295. 

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