Penaeoidea
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Penaeoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
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Penaeoidea is the larger of the two superfamilies of prawns. It comprises eight families, three of which are known only from fossils.[1][2] The fossil record of the group stretches back to Aciculopoda, discovered in Famennian sediments in Oklahoma.[2]
- † Aciculopodidae (1 genus, 1 species)
- † Aegeridae (2 genera, 25 species)
- Aristeidae (10 genera, 28 species)
- Benthesicymidae (5 genera, 43 species)
- † Carpopenaeidae (1 genus, 3 species)
- Penaeidae (48 genera, 286 species)
- Sicyoniidae (1 genus, 53 species)
- Solenoceridae (9 genera, 86 species)
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References
| External identifiers for Penaeoidea | |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 1226 |
| ITIS | 95601 |
| NCBI | 111520 |
| WoRMS | 106683 |
| Also found in: Wikispecies, ADW | |
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