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Hippolytidae
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 ''Lysmata amboinensis'' is an omnivore, omnivorous Caridea, shrimp species known by several common names including the Pacific cleaner shrimp. It is considered a cleaner shrimp as eating parasites and dead tissue from fish makes up a large part o ...''. Taxonomy Formerly, the circumscription of the family Hippolytidae included several additional taxa that have now been transferred to Bythocariidae, Lysmatidae, Merguiidae, and Thoridae. As of June, 2023, there are 16 genera recognised in the family Hippolytidae ''sensu stricto'': References Decapod families {{Caridea-stub ...
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