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Caridea, n. pl. Zool.|kəˈrɪdɪə| [mod.L. (neut. pl.), f. Gr. καρίς, καριδ- shrimp.] A group of macrurous decapod crustaceans, containing the shrimps and prawns. Hence carid |ˈkærɪd|, a member of this tribe; also attrib.; caˈridean, ˈcaridid adjs., of or belonging to the Caridea; ˈcaridoid a., resembling the Caridea.
1852Dana Crustacea i. 528 In arranging the Caridea into groups, much stress is usually laid upon external form and length of beak. 1877Thomson Voy. Challenger II. iii. 193 Scarlet caridid and peneid shrimps. 1904Ann & Mag. Nat. Hist. XIII. 147 This combination of characters [in Malacostraca] goes to make up what might be called the caridoid ‘facies’. 1907Ibid. XIX. 460 The absence [in the Penæidea] of the Caridean bend in the abdomen. Ibid. 461 The gill-series in the lower Reptantia are fuller than in either Penæids or Carids. 1909G. Smith in Cambr. Nat. Hist. IV. 158 Two of the Caridea, viz. the Shrimp..and the Prawn. 1964Boden & Kampa in Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. II. 354 The penaeid and carid decapod crustaceans. |