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Penaeoidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Dendrobranchiata

Higher classification
  
Prawn

Order
  
Decapoda

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

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.

  • † 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)
  • References

    Penaeoidea Wikipedia