Infraorder Caridea Dana 1852 (shrimp)
Parent taxon: Pleocyemata according to J. M. Wolfe et al. 2019
See also Hegna et al. 2020, Martin and Davis 2001, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schwentner et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Polychelida, Reptantia, Stenopodidea
Subtaxa: Acanthinopus Alcmonacaris Alpheoidea Atyoidea Blaculla Bresilioidea Buergerocaris Campylonotoidea Crangonoidea Galatheacaridoidea Gampsurus Hefriga Leiothorax Nematocarcinoidea Oplophoroidea Palaemonoidea Pandaloidea Parvocaris Pasiphaeoidea Physetocaridoidea Pinnacaris Pleopteryxoidea Procaridoidea Processoidea Psalidopodoidea Schernfeldia Stylodactyloidea
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore