Alpheoidea

Alpheoidea is a superfamily of shrimp.^[1][2] Species of shrimp in the superfamily Alpheoidea are drag swimmers, as opposed to lift swimmers.^[3]

Alpheoidea
Alpheus cedrici
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Superfamily:	Alpheoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Taxonomy

The following families are recognised in the superfamily Alpheoidea:^[2]

• Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815
• Barbouriidae Christoffersen, 1987
• Bythocarididae Christoffersen, 1987
• Hippolytidae Bate, 1888
• Lysmatidae Dana, 1852
• Merguiidae Christoffersen, 1990
• Ogyrididae Holthuis, 1955
• Thoridae Kingsley, 1878