Bresilioidea

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Bresilioidea
Rimicaris kairei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Superfamily: Bresilioidea
Calman, 1896[1]
Families
  • Agostocarididae Hart & Manning, 1986
  • Alvinocarididae Christoffersen, 1986
  • Bresiliidae Calman, 1896
  • Disciadidae Rathbun, 1902
  • Pseudochelidae De Grave & Moosa, 2004

Bresilioidea is a superfamily of shrimp. It is likely to be an artificial group, containing five families[2] which may or may not be related.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ "Bresilioidea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 
  2. ↑ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. 
  3. ↑ Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 132 pp. 
Superfamilies in infraorder Caridea
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