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Nematocarcinoidea
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Nematocarcinoidea

Nematocarcinoidea is a superfamily of shrimp, comprising four families – Eugonatonotidae, Nematocarcinidae, Rhynchocinetidae and Xiphocarididae. They share the presence of strap-like epipods on at least the first three pairs of pereiopods, and a blunt molar process.

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5 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first

Rhynchocinetidae

familyRhynchocinetidae

Xiphocarididae

familyXiphocarididae

Nematocarcinidae

familyNematocarcinidae

Eugonatonotidae

familyEugonatonotidae

Lipkiidae

familyLipkiidae

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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 121790.