Suborder

Pleocyemata (Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and allies)

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Pleocyemata is a sub-order of decapod crustaceans, erected by Martin Burkenroad in 1963. Burkenroad’s classification replaced the earlier sub-orders of Natantia and Reptantia with the monophyletic groups Dendrobranchiata (prawns) and Pleocyemata. Pleocyemata contains all the members of the Reptantia (including crabs, lobsters, crayfish, and others), as well as the Stenopodidea (which contains the so-called “boxer shrimp” or “barber-pole shrimp”), and Caridea, which contains the true shrimp. Pleocyemata comprises the following infraorders:

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Subtaxa

Infraorder: Gebiidea (Gebiidean shrimps)

Infraorder: Axiidea (Axiidean shrimps)

Infraorder: Anomura (Anomurans)

Infraorder: Caridea (Caridean shrimps)

Infraorder: Brachyura (True crabs)

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