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Caridean Shrimps
Caridea
The Caridea, commonly known as caridean shrimp, are an infraorder of shrimp within the order Decapoda. They are found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water.
14 branches of this group, most-observed first
Palaemonoidea
superfamilyPalaemonoidea
Alpheoidea
superfamilyAlpheoidea
Atyoidea
superfamilyAtyoidea
Crangonoidea
superfamilyCrangonoidea
Pandaloidea
superfamilyPandaloidea
Nematocarcinoidea
superfamilyNematocarcinoidea
Processoidea
superfamilyProcessoidea
Pasiphaeoidea
superfamilyPasiphaeoidea
Campylonotoidea
superfamilyCampylonotoidea
Oplophoroidea
superfamilyOplophoroidea
Stylodactyloidea
superfamilyStylodactyloidea
Bresilioidea
superfamilyBresilioidea
Psalidopodoidea
superfamilyPsalidopodoidea
Anchialocarididae
familyAnchialocarididae
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
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Caridea in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 342912.