Higher classification Prawn Order Decapoda | Subphylum Crustacea Rank Superfamily | |
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Lower classifications Gamba Shrimps, Aeger | ||
Penaeoidea is the larger of the two superfamilies of prawns. It comprises eight families, three of which are known only from fossils. The fossil record of the group stretches back to Aciculopoda, discovered in Famennian sediments in Oklahoma.
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