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.
| Hippolytidae | |
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| Lysmata amboinensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Superfamily: | Alpheoidea |
| Family: | Hippolytidae Spence Bate, 1888 |
Taxonomy
editFormerly, the circumscription of the family Hippolytidae included several additional taxa that have now been transferred to Bythocariidae, Lysmatidae, Merguiidae, and Thoridae.[1][2] As of June, 2023, there are 16 genera recognised in the family Hippolytidae sensu stricto:[3]
- Alope White, 1847
- Caridion Goës, 1864
- Chorismus Spence Bate, 1888
- Eumanningia Crosnier, 2000
- Gelastocaris Kemp, 1914
- Gelastreutes AJ Bruce, 1990
- Hippolyte Leach, 1814
- Latreutes Stimpson, 1860
- Leontocaris Stebbing, 1905
- Merhippolyte Spence Bate, 1888
- Nauticaris Spence Bate, 1888
- Phycocaris Kemp, 1916
- Saron Thallwitz, 1891
- Thorella Bruce, 1982
- Tozeuma Stimpson, 1860
- Trachycaris Calman, 1906
References
edit- ^ Christoffersen, M.L., 1987. Phylogenetic relationships of hippolytid genera, with an assignment of new families for the Crangonoidea and Alpheoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea). Cladistics 3: 348-362.
- ^ De Grave, S, Li, C.P., Tsang L.M., Chu K.H., Chan T.-Y. (2014). Unweaving hippolytoid systematics (Crustacea, Decapoda, Hippolytidae): resurrection of several families. Zoologica Scripta, 43, 496–507.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hippolytidae Spence Bate, 1888". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
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