Penaeoidea

Penaeoidea is the larger of the two superfamilies of prawns. It comprises eight families, three of which are known only from fossils.^[1][2] The fossil record of the group stretches back to Aciculopoda, discovered in Famennian sediments in Oklahoma.^[2]

• † Aciculopodidae (1 genus, 1 species)
• † Aegeridae (2 genera, 25 species)
• Aristeidae (10 genera, 28 species)
• Benthesicymidae (5 genera, 43 species)
• † Carpopenaeidae (1 genus, 3 species)
• Penaeidae (48 genera, 286 species)
• Sicyoniidae (1 genus, 53 species)
• Solenoceridae (10 genera, 86 species)

Penaeoidea Temporal range: Famennian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Litopenaeus vannamei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Dendrobranchiata
Superfamily:	Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815

See also

• Crustaceans portal

• Sergestoidea