CHJM Fransen, D epartm ent of M arine Zoology, N etherlands C entre for B iodiversity N
aturalis, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA L eiden, The N etherlands (charles. fransen@ ncbnaturalis …

Comprising over 15 000 living species, decapods (crabs, shrimp and lobsters) are the most
instantly recognizable crustaceans, representing a considerable global food source …

For anyone with interests in a group of organisms as large and diverse as the Crustacea, it is
difficult to grasp the enormity of the entire taxon at one time. Those who work on crustaceans …

We present an updated classification for the entire Crustacea Decapoda, listing all known
families and genera organized by higher taxonomic groups and including estimates of the …

The Alpheidae–possibly the most diverse family of recent decapod crustaceans–offers
attractive opportunities to study the evolution of many intriguing phenomena, including key …

Phylonyms is an implementation of PhyloCode, which is a set of principles, rules, and
recommendations governing phylogenetic nomenclature. Nearly 300 clades-lineages of …

Shrimps of the infraorder Caridea occur commonly throughout marine and freshwater
habitats. Despite general knowledge of the group, phylogenetic relationships within the …

The shrimp-like Decapoda currently include the suborder Dendrobranchiata and the
infraorders Caridea and Stenopodidea within the suborder Pleocyemata. Their phylogenetic …

The order Decapoda represents a species-rich group of crustaceans. Numerous
economically important and morphologically diverse members of this group have been …

An updated checklist of benthic marine and brackish water penaeoid, stenopodids, and
caridean shrimps known for the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) is presented, and totals 249 …