Thoridae

Thoridae is a family of cleaner shrimp, also known as broken-back shrimp or anemone shrimp.

Thoridae
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Thoridae

Kingsley, 1878
Genera

See text.

Genera

There are 36 recognised genera in the family:[1]

  • Eualus Thallwitz, 1892
  • Eumanningia Crosnier, 2000
  • Exhippolysmata Stebbing, 1915
  • Gelastocaris Kemp, 1914
  • Gelastreutes Bruce, 1990
  • Heptacarpus Holmes, 1900
  • Latreutes Stimpson, 1860
  • Lebbeus White, 1847
  • Leontocaris Stebbing, 1905
  • Lysmatella Borradaile, 1915
  • 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

Morphological and genetic studies show that Thoridae is distinct from Hippolytidae.[2][3]

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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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.


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