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Infraorder Achelata Scholtz and Richter 1995 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Parent taxon: Pleocyemata according to C.E. Schweitzer and R.M. Feldmann 2024

See also Hegna et al. 2020, Poore and Ahyong 2004 and Wolfe et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Astacidea, Axiidea, Caridea, Gebiidea, Polychelida, Procaridea, Reptantia, Stenopodea, Stenopodidea

Subtaxa: Cancrinidae Lessinoachela Palinura Palinuridae Palinuroidea Polzicaris Scyllaridae

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

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