# Processidae

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{{Short description|Family of crustaceans}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Processa sp. (canaliculata à confirmer).jpg
| parent_authority = Ortmann, 1896
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Processidae
| authority = [Ortmann](/source/Arnold_Edward_Ortmann), 1896
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = 
*{{nowrap|''[Ambidexter](/source/Ambidexter_(genus))'' <small>Manning & Chace, 1971</small>}}
*''[Clytomanningus](/source/Clytomanningus)'' <small>Chace, 1997</small>
*''[Hayashidonus](/source/Hayashidonus)'' <small>Chace, 1997</small>
*''[Nikoides](/source/Nikoides)'' <small>Paul'son, 1875</small>
*''[Processa](/source/Processa)'' <small>Leach, 1815</small>
}}

The '''Processidae''' are a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [shrimp](/source/Caridea), comprising 65 species in five genera,<ref name="Grave">{{cite journal |journal = [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology](/source/Raffles_Bulletin_of_Zoology) |year=2009 |volume = Suppl. 21 |pages=1–109 |title = A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans |author1=Sammy De Grave |author2=N. Dean Pentcheff |author3=Shane T. Ahyong  |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |display-authors=etal}}</ref> and the only family in the superfamily '''Processoidea'''.<ref>{{cite WoRMS |title=Processoidea Ortmann, 1896 |id=106718 |access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> They are small, [nocturnal](/source/nocturnality) animals, mostly living in shallow seas, particularly on grass flats. The first [pereiopod](/source/pereiopod)s are usually asymmetrical, with a claw on one, but not the other (''[Ambidexter](/source/Ambidexter_(genus))'' forming the exception to this rule). The [rostrum](/source/rostrum_(anatomy)) is generally a simple projection from the front of the [carapace](/source/carapace), with two teeth, one at the tip, and one further back.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=[Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology](/source/Smithsonian_Contributions_to_Zoology) |volume=89 |pages=1–41 |first=Raymond B. |last=Manning |author-link=Raymond B. Manning  |author2=Fenner A. Chace Jr. |author2-link=Fenner A. Chace Jr. |name-list-style=amp |title=Shrimps of the family Processidae from the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) |year=1971 |doi=10.5479/si.00810282.89 |doi-access=free |url=http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/5650/2/SCtZ-0089-Lo_res.pdf}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Caridea}}
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Category:Caridea
Category:Decapod families
Category:Taxa named by Arnold Edward Ortmann

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