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Checklist for Infraorder Caridea Dana, 1852 (Caridean shrimps)
and region South Cameroon (Cameroon)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
11
15
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
11
15
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
9
13
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
9
13
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
8
10
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
1
2
6
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South Cameroon
1 Family width 6 Species and 1 Subspecies
Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815Palaemonid Shrimps6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for South Cameroon
2 Genera with 6 Species
Macrobrachium Bate, 1857Long-clawed freshwater prawns4SpeciesTaxom
Palaemon Weber, 02SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Cameroon
6 Species and 1 Subspecies
Macrobrachium carcinus Linnaeus, 1758Bigclaw river shrimp
Macrobrachium foai Coutière, 1902
Macrobrachium vollenhoveni Herklots, 1857
Macrobrachium vollenhovenii Herklots, 1857African river prawn
Palaemon (Eupalaemon) foai (Coutière, 1902)⇒ Macrobrachium foai Coutière, 1902
Palaemon jamaicensis vollenhovennii

Subnodes of Caridea with occurrences in South Cameroon
SuperfamilyPalaemonoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
1
2
6
Family
Genera
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