The Processidae are a family of shrimp, comprising 65 species in five genera,[1] and the only family in the superfamily Processoidea.[2] They are small, nocturnal animals, mostly living in shallow seas, particularly on grass flats. The first pereiopods are usually asymmetrical, with a claw on one, but not the other (Ambidexter forming the exception to this rule). The rostrum is generally a simple projection from the front of the carapace, with two teeth, one at the tip, and one further back.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Superfamily: | Processoidea Ortmann, 1896 |
| Family: | Processidae Ortmann, 1896 |
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References
edit- ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
- ^ "Processoidea Ortmann, 1896". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ Manning, Raymond B. & Fenner A. Chace Jr. (1971). "Shrimps of the family Processidae from the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 89: 1–41. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.89.
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