Caridean.
/kəˈrɪdɪə/ Zoology.
With plural agreement. A group of macrurous decapod crustaceans, containing the shrimps and prawns.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > tribe Caridea (shrimps and prawns)
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carid1907
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 528 In arranging the Caridea into groups, much stress is usually laid upon external form and length of beak.
1909 G. Smith in Cambr. Nat. Hist. IV. 158 Two of the Caridea, viz. the Shrimp..and the Prawn.
Derivatives
carid n. /ˈkærɪd/ a member of this tribe; also attributive.
/ˈkærɪd/ a member of this tribe; also attributive.ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > tribe Caridea (shrimps and prawns)
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prawn1336
Caridea1852
carid1907
1907 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 19 461 The gill-series in the lower Reptantia are fuller than in either Penæids or Carids.
1964 B. P. Boden & E. M. Kampa in Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 354 The penaeid and carid decapod crustaceans.
caˈridean adj.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [adjective] > of or belonging to Malacostraca > of the Thoracostraca > of or belonging to Caridea
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caridean1907
1907 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 19 460 The absence [in the Penæidea] of the Caridean bend in the abdomen.
ˈcaridid adj. of or belonging to the Caridea.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [adjective] > of or belonging to Malacostraca > of the Thoracostraca > of or belonging to Caridea
caridid1877
caridean1907
1877 C. W. Thomson Voy. ‘Challenger’ II. iii. 193 Scarlet caridid and peneid shrimps.
ˈcaridoid adj. resembling the Caridea.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [adjective] > of or belonging to Malacostraca > of the Thoracostraca > of or belonging to Caridea > of or resembling member of
caridoid1904
1904 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 13 147 This combination of characters [in Malacostraca] goes to make up what might be called the caridoid ‘facies’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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