Alpheoidea

Alpheoidea
Alpheus cedrici
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

References

  1. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20.
  2. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alpheoidea Rafinesque, 1815". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  3. ^ "Alpheoidea Rafinesque 1815 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
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