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Aristeidae

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Aristeidae
Aristeus antennatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Superfamily: Penaeoidea
Family: Aristeidae
Wood-Mason, 1891
Type genus
Aristeus

Aristeidae is a family of Dendrobranchiata decapod crustaceans known as deep-sea shrimps, gamba prawns or gamba shrimps. Some species are subject to commercial fisheries.[2]

Genera

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The following genera are classified under the Aristeidae:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sammy De Grave (2010). "Aristeidae Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  2. ^ Paulo Ricardo Pezzuto; José Angel Alvarez Perez & Roberto Wahrlich (2006). "Deep-sea shrimps (Decapoda: Aristeidae): new targets of the deep-water trawling fishery in Brazil". Brazilian Journal of Oceanography. 54 (2–3): 123–134. doi:10.1590/S1679-87592006000200003.
  3. ^ Bracken‐Grissom, HD; Felder, DL; Vollmer, NL; Martin, JW; Crandall, KA. (2012). "Phylogenetics links monster larva to deep-sea shrimp". Ecology and Evolution. 2 (10): 2367–73. doi:10.1002/ece3.347. PMC 3492765.