Penaeoidea
| Penaeoidea Temporal range: Famennian–Recent |
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| Litopenaeus vannamei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
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Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 |
| External identifiers for Penaeoidea | |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 1226 |
| ITIS | 95601 |
| NCBI | 111520 |
| WoRMS | 106683 |
| Also found in: , ADW | |
Penaeoidea is the larger of the two superfamilies of prawns. It comprises eight families, three of which are known only from fossils. The fossil record of the group stretches back to Aciculopoda, discovered in Famennian sediments in Oklahoma.
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