Biology:Alpheoidea
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Short description: Superfamily of crustaceans
| Alpheoidea | |
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| Alpheus cedrici | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Superfamily: | Alpheoidea Rafinesque, 1815 |
Alpheoidea is a superfamily of shrimp.[1][2] Species of shrimp in the superfamily Alpheoidea are drag swimmers, as opposed to lift swimmers.[3]
Taxonomy
The following families are recognised in the superfamily Alpheoidea:[2]
- Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Barbouriidae Christoffersen, 1987
- Bythocarididae Christoffersen, 1987
- Hippolytidae Bate, 1888
- Lysmatidae Dana, 1852
- Merguiidae Christoffersen, 1990
- Ogyrididae Holthuis, 1955
- Thoridae Kingsley, 1878
References
- ↑ S. De Grave & C. H. J. M. Fransen (2011). "Carideorum Catalogus: the Recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)". Zoologische Mededelingen 85 (9): 195–589, figs. 1–59. ISBN 978-90-6519-200-4. http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/85/nr02/a01.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alpheoidea Rafinesque, 1815". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106709.
- ↑ "Alpheoidea Rafinesque 1815 - Encyclopedia of Life". https://eol.org/pages/46513264.
Wikidata ☰ Q1139483 entry
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