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