Penaeoidea
Superfamily of crustaceans
| Penaeoidea Temporal range: Famennian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Superfamily: | Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 |
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 (10 genera, 86 species)
See also
Crustaceans portal
References
- ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. hdl:10088/8358.
- ^ a b Rodney Feldmann & Carrie Schweitzer (2010). "The oldest shrimp (Devonian: Famennian) and remarkable preservation of soft tissue". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 30 (4): 629–635. doi:10.1651/09-3268.1.
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Subgroups of Order Decapoda
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Malacostraca
- Subclass: Eumalacostraca
- Superorder: Eucarida
- Penaeoidea
- Sergestoidea
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