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Checklist for Infraorder Caridea Dana, 1852 (Caridean shrimps)
and region Malawi (East Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
30
49
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
30
49
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
4
4
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
4
4
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
4
4
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
2
2
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Malawi
2 Families width 10 Species
Atyidae (De Haan, 1849)Atyid shrimps7SpeciesTaxom
Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815Palaemonid Shrimps3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Malawi
2 Genera with 10 Species
Caridina H. Milne Edw..., 18937SpeciesTaxom
Macrobrachium Bate, 1862Long-clawed freshwater prawns3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malawi
10 Species
Caridina africana Kingsley, 1883African caridina
Caridina gracilipes De Man, 1892
Caridina kaombeflutilis Richard & Clark, 2010
Caridina malawensis Richard & Clark, 2009
Caridina natalensis Bouvier, 1925
Caridina nilotica Roux, 1833Common Caridina
Caridina togoensis (Hilgendorf, 1893)⇒ Caridina africana Kingsley, 1883
Macrobrachium lepidactylus Hilgendorf, 1879Madagascar scale prawn
Macrobrachium rosenbergii De Man, 1879Blue lobster
Macrobrachium scabriculum Heller, 1862Goda River prawn

Subnodes of Caridea with occurrences in Malawi
SuperfamilyAtyoidea
De Haan, 1849
1
1
7
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPalaemonoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
1
1
3
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Caridea at artfakta.se
Caridea at biodiversity.org.au
Caridea at dyntaxa.se
Caridea at itis.gov
Caridea at marinespecies.org