Editing Caridea (section)

{{Short description|Infraorder of shrimp}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Lower Jurassic | present}}
| image = Heterocarpus ensifer.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Heterocarpus ensifer]]''
| taxon = Caridea
| authority = [[James Dwight Dana|Dana]], 1852
| subdivision_ranks = Superfamilies
| subdivision = 
*[[Alpheoidea]]
*[[Atyoidea]]
*[[Bresilioidea]]
*[[Campylonotoidea]]
*[[Crangonoidea]]
*[[Galatheacaridoidea]]
*[[Nematocarcinoidea]]
*[[Oplophoroidea]]
*[[Palaemonoidea]]
*[[Pandaloidea]]
*[[Pasiphaeoidea]]
*[[Physetocaridoidea]]
*[[Processoidea]]
*[[Psalidopodoidea]]
*[[Stylodactyloidea]]
| synonyms = {{hidden begin|title = List}} 
* ''Amphionidacea''
* ''Amphionidea''
* ''Eukyphida''
{{hidden end}}
}}

The '''Caridea''', commonly known as '''caridean shrimp''' or '''true shrimp''', from the Greek word καρίς, καρίδος (karís, karídos, “shrimp”), are an infraorder of [[shrimp]] within the order [[Decapoda]]. This infraorder contains all species of true shrimp. They are found widely around the world in both [[fresh water|fresh]] and [[seawater|salt water]]. Many other animals with similar names – such as the mud shrimp of [[Axiidea]] and the boxer shrimp of [[Stenopodidea]] – are not true shrimp, but many have evolved features similar to true shrimp.