Dendrobranchiata
Sign in to saveDendrobranchiata is a suborder of decapods, commonly known as prawns (though this may be ambiguous). There are 540 extant species in seven families, and a fossil record extending back to the Devonian. They differ from related animals, such as Caridea and Stenopodidea, by the branching form of the gills (hence their scientific name Dendrobrachiata) and by the fact that they do not brood their eggs, but release them directly into the water. They may reach a length of over and a mass of , and are widely fished and farmed for human consumption.
Species
prawns
Suborder
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 23
- Collections
- FMNH, ALMNH
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, United States, Colombia, Costa Rica, Thailand, Belize, Ecuador, Argentina
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Nomenclature
- Description
- Head
- Thorax
- Pleon
- Internal anatomy
- Life cycle
- Systematics
- Diversity
- Distribution
- Ecology and behaviour
- Economic importance
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Dendrobranchiata is a suborder of decapods, commonly known as prawns (though this may be ambiguous). There are 540 extant species in seven families, and a fossil record extending back to the Devonian. They differ from related animals, such as Caridea and Stenopodidea, by the branching form of the gills (hence their scientific name Dendrobrachiata) and by the fact that they do not brood their eggs, but release them directly into the water. They may reach a length of over and a mass of , and are widely fished and farmed for human consumption.
==Nomenclature==
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