Hippolytidae
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Hippolytidae is a family of cleaner shrimp, also known as broken-back shrimp, anemone shrimp or cleaner shrimp. The term "broken-back shrimp" also applies to the genus Hippolyte in particular and "cleaner shrimp" is sometimes applied exclusively to Lysmata amboinensis.
[edit] Genera
- Bythocaris
- Caridion
- Calliasmata
- Cryptocheles
- Eualus
- Exhippolysmata
- Gelastocaris
- Heptacarpus
- Hetairus
- Hippolysmata
- Hippolyte
- Latreutes
- Lebbeus
- Leontocaris
- Leptodius
- Ligur
- Lysmata
- Lysmatella
- Merhippolyte
- Saron
- Spirontocaris
- Thor
- Thoralus
- Tozeuma
- Trachycaris
