Nematocarcinoidea | |
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Rhynchocinetes durbanensis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Superfamily: |
Nematocarcinoidea S. I. Smith, 1884 |
Families | |
Nematocarcinoidea is a superfamily of shrimp, comprising four families – Eugonatonotidae, Nematocarcinidae, Rhynchocinetidae and Xiphocarididae. [1] [2] They share the presence of strap-like epipods on at least the first three pairs of pereiopods, and a blunt molar process. [3]