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Caridea

[kə′rid·ē·ə]
(invertebrate zoology)
A large section of decapod crustaceans in the suborder Natantia including many diverse forms of shrimps and prawns.
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Effects of temperature on the embryonic development and hatchling size of Betaeus emarginatus (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae).
New records of the species of Glyphocrangon in the northeastern Pacific Ocean (Caridea: Glyphocrangonidae).
Effects of food and feeding regime on the growth and survival of the prawn Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837 (Decapoda, Caridea).
Larval development and ecological distribution of central Amazonian palaemonid shrimps (Decapoda, Caridea).
Egg size and egg composition in polar shrimps (Caridea: Decapoda).
The systematic importance of color and color pattern: Evidence for complexes of sibling species of snapping shrimp (Caridea: Alpheidae: Alpheus) from the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of Panama.
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