Penaeoidea Temporal range:
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Litopenaeus vannamei | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
Superfamily: |
Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 |
Penaeoidea is the larger of the two superfamilies of prawns. It comprises eight families, three of which are known only from fossils. [1] [2] The fossil record of the group stretches back to Aciculopoda, discovered in Famennian sediments in Oklahoma. [2]
Penaeoidea Temporal range:
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Litopenaeus vannamei | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
Superfamily: |
Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 |
Penaeoidea is the larger of the two superfamilies of prawns. It comprises eight families, three of which are known only from fossils. [1] [2] The fossil record of the group stretches back to Aciculopoda, discovered in Famennian sediments in Oklahoma. [2]