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Axiidean Shrimps
Axiidea
Axiidea is an infraorder of decapod crustaceans, formerly classified in the Thalassinidea. It comprises the following families:
11 branches of this group, most-observed first

Ghost Shrimps
familyCallianassidae

Callichiridae
familyCallichiridae

Strahlaxiidae
familyStrahlaxiidae

Axiidae
familyAxiidae

Callianideidae
familyCallianideidae

Eucalliacidae
familyEucalliacidae

Ctenochelidae
familyCtenochelidae
Paracalliacidae
familyParacalliacidae
Anacalliacidae
familyAnacalliacidae
Micheleidae
familyMicheleidae

Callianopsidae
familyCallianopsidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 171356.