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Pleocyemata
Pleocyemata is a sub-order of decapod crustaceans, erected by Martin Burkenroad in 1963. Burkenroad's classification replaced the earlier sub-orders of Natantia and Reptantia with the monophyletic groups Dendrobranchiata (prawns) and Pleocyemata. Pleocyemata contains all the members of the Reptantia (including crabs, lobsters, crayfish, and others), as well as the Stenopodidea (which contains the so-called "boxer shrimp" or "barber-pole shrimp"), and Caridea, which contains the true shrimp. Pleocyemata comprises the following infraorders:
11 branches of this suborder, most-observed first
True Crabs
infraorderBrachyura
Anomurans
infraorderAnomura
Crayfishes and Lobsters
infraorderAstacidea
Caridean Shrimps
infraorderCaridea
Spiny and Slipper Lobsters
infraorderAchelata
Coral and Glass Sponge Shrimps
infraorderStenopodidea
Axiidean Shrimps
infraorderAxiidea
Gebiidean Shrimps
infraorderGebiidea
Polychelid lobsters
infraorderPolychelida
Glypheoid Lobsters
infraorderGlypheidea
Procaridoid Shrimps
infraorderProcarididea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 118451.