Alpheoidea
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| Alpheoidea | |
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| File:Alpheus cedrici holotype, lateral view - ZooKeys-183-001-g003B.jpg | |
| Alpheus cedrici | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| 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
[edit | edit source]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
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