Palaemonoidea Explained

Palaemonoidea is a large superfamily of shrimp, containing nearly 1,000 species.^[1] The position of the family Typhlocarididae is unclear, although the monophyly of a group containing the remaining seven families is well supported.^[2]

• Anchistioididae Borradaile, 1915
• Desmocarididae Borradaile, 1915
• Euryrhynchidae Holthuis, 1950
• Gnathophyllidae Dana, 1852
• Hymenoceridae Ortmann, 1890
• Kakaducarididae Bruce, 1993
• Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815
• Typhlocarididae Annandale & Kemp, 1913

See also

• Palaemon modestus

Notes and References

1. . 2009 . Suppl. 21 . 1–109 . A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . Sammy De Grave . N. Dean Pentcheff . Shane T. Ahyong . etal.
2. Book: Heather D. Bracken, Sammy De Grave & Darryl L. Felder . 2009 . Phylogeny of the infraorder Caridea based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes (Crustacea: Decapoda) . 281–305 . Joel W. Martin. Keith A. Crandall. Keith A. Crandall. Darryl L. Felder . Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics . . 978-1-4200-9258-5 . 18 . Crustacean issues . https://books.google.com/books?id=Bxs6SgSW2kQC&pg=PA295.