Caridea

Also known as caridean shrimp

The Caridea, commonly known as caridean shrimp or true shrimp (from Ancient Greek καρίς, καρίδος (karís, karídos, "shrimp"), are an infraorder of shrimp within the order Decapoda. This infraorder contains all species of true shrimp. They are found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Many other animals with similar names – such as the mud shrimp of Axiidea and the boxer shrimp of Stenopodidea – are not true shrimp, but many have evolved features similar to true shrimp.

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Caridea, commonly known as true shrimp, is a major group of shrimp found in oceans and freshwater environments worldwide. They matter because they represent the actual shrimp group, distinct from other shrimp-like animals that have evolved similar features but belong to different categories.

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Species

shrimps

Infraorder

PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda

Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

Conservationendangered

Observations0

Zu den Caridea gehören über 2500 der 3000 als Garnelen bezeichneten Krebstiere. Es sind meist kleine Krebstiere mit zylindrischem Carapax. Die meisten Carideaarten leben im Meer, unter anderem in Korallenriffen und in der Tiefsee, es gibt jedoch auch Süßwasserarten (z. B. die Süßwassergarnelen (Atyidae)).

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taxon name: Caridea
Commons category: Caridea
taxon common name: carideans
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Biology
Lifecycle
Commercial fishing
Systematics and related taxa
Taxonomy
Fossil record
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==Biology== Carideans are found in every kind of aquatic habitat, with the majority of species being marine. Around a quarter of the described species are found in fresh water, however, including almost all the members of the species-rich family Atyidae and the Palaemonidae subfamily Palaemoninae. They include several commercially important species, such as Macrobrachium rosenbergii, and are found on every continent except Antarctica. The marine species are found at depths to , and from the tropics to the polar regions.