Rhynchocinetidae

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iDancing shrimps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Superfamily: Nematocarcinoidea
Family: Rhynchocinetidae
Ortmann, 1890
Genera

Cinetorhynchus
Rhynchocinetes

The family Rhynchocinetidae are a group of small, reclusive red-and-white shrimps. This family typically has an upward-hinged foldable rostrum, hence its taxon name Rhynchocinetidae, which means movable beak. The common name dancing shrimps comes from the fact that these species seem to be dancing when they move. Other common names include hingebeak shrimps.


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