Tags: Crustacean.

Dendrobranchiata is a suborder of decapod crustaceans variously called shrimp or prawns. 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 and by the fact that they do not brood their eggs but release them directly into the water.

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