Thoridae, also known as broken-back shrimp or anemone shrimp, is a
family
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of
cleaner shrimp
Cleaner shrimp is a common name for a number of swimming Decapoda, decapod crustaceans that clean other organisms of parasites. Most are found in the family (biology), families Hippolytidae (including the Pacific cleaner shrimp, ''Lysmata amboi ...
.
Genera
The following genera are recognised in the family Thoridae:
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Birulia''
Bražnikov, 1903
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Eualus''
Thallwitz, 1892
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Heptacarpus''
Holmes, 1900
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Latreutes''
Stimpson, 1860
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Lebbeus''
White, 1847
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Paralebbeus''
Bruce & Chace, 1986
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Spirontocaris''
Bate, 1888
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Thinora''
Bruce, 1998
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Thor
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Kingsley, 1878
Morphological and genetic studies show that Thoridae is distinct from
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 ...
.
References
Alpheoidea
Decapod families
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