Hippolytidae
| Hippolytidae | |
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| Lysmata debelius | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Superfamily: | Alpheoidea |
| Family: | Hippolytidae Dana, 1852 |
| Genera | |
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Hippolytidae is a family of cleaner shrimp, also known as broken-back shrimp or anemone shrimp. The term "broken-back shrimp" also applies to the genus Hippolyte in particular and "cleaner shrimp" is sometimes applied exclusively to Lysmata amboinensis.
Genera
There are 36 recognised genera in the family:[1]
- Alope White, 1847
- Bathyhippolyte Hayashi & Miyake, 1970
- Birulia Bražnikov, 1903
- Bythocarides Sokolov, 2002
- Bythocaris Sars, 1870
- Calliasmata Holthuis, 1973
- Caridion Goës, 1864
- Chorismus Bate, 1888
- Cryptocheles Sars, 1870
- Eualus Thallwitz, 1892
- Eumanningia Crosnier, 2000
- Exhippolysmata Stebbing, 1915
- Gelastocaris Kemp, 1914
- Gelastreutes Bruce, 1990
- Heptacarpus Holmes, 1900
- Hippolyte Leach, 1814
- Latreutes Stimpson, 1860
- Lebbeus White, 1847
- Leontocaris Stebbing, 1905
- Ligur Sarato, 1885
- Lysmata Risso, 1816
- Lysmatella Borradaile, 1915
- Merguia Kemp, 1914
- Merhippolyte Bate, 1888
- Mimocaris Nobili, 1903
- Nauticaris Bate, 1888
- Paralatreutes Kemp, 1925
- Paralebbeus Bruce & Chace, 1986
- Phycocaris Kemp, 1916
- Saron Thallwitz, 1891
- Spirontocaris Bate, 1888
- Thinora Bruce, 1998
- Thor Kingsley, 1878
- Thorella Bruce, 1982
- Tozeuma Stimpson, 1860
- Trachycaris Calman, 1906
References
- ↑ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.