Hippolytidae

Hippolytidae
Lysmata debelius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Superfamily: Alpheoidea
Family: Hippolytidae
Dana, 1852
Genera

See text.

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

  1. 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.
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