Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda

Dendrobranchiata Spence Bate, 1888

Rank: Suborder
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Sergestoidea Dana, 1852

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: prawns

Japanese: 根鰓亜目 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Norwegian Bokmål: reker sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: reker

Literature

original description	Bate, C. S. (1888). Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by the Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76. Zoology. 24 (part 52): i–xc, 1–942, pls. 1–150.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85(9): 195-589.
additional source	d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp.
taxonomy source	Poore, G. C. B. (2016). The names of the higher taxa of Crustacea Decapoda. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 36, 248-255.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Dendrobranchiata. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106669