Alpheoidea
Sign in to saveAlpheoidea is a superfamily of shrimp. Species of shrimp in the superfamily Alpheoidea are drag swimmers, as opposed to lift swimmers.
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Superfamily
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
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Alpheoidea is a superfamily of shrimp. Species of shrimp in the superfamily Alpheoidea are drag swimmers, as opposed to lift swimmers.
==Taxonomy== The following families are recognised in the superfamily Alpheoidea: Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 Barbouriidae Christoffersen, 1987 Bythocarididae Christoffersen, 1987 Hippolytidae Bate, 1888 Lysmatidae Dana, 1852 Merguiidae Christoffersen, 1990 Ogyrididae Holthuis, 1955 Thoridae Kingsley, 1878
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