Pandalidae

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Pandalidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Superfamily: Pandaloidea
Family: Pandalidae
Haworth, 1825
Genera

Bitias
Chlorotocus
Dichelopandalus
Heterocarpus
Miropandalus
Pandalina
Pandalopsis
Pandalus
Physetocaris
Plesionika
Stylopandalus

The family Pandalidae is a taxon of shrimps. These species are commonly called pandalid shrimps. They are edible and have high economic value.