Thoridae

Thoridae

Thoridae

Family of crustaceans

Thoridae, also known as broken-back shrimp or anemone shrimp, is a family of cleaner shrimp.[1]

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Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Thoridae:[1]

  • Birulia Bražnikov, 1903
  • Eualus Thallwitz, 1892
  • Heptacarpus Holmes, 1900
  • Latreutes Stimpson, 1860
  • Lebbeus White, 1847
  • Paralebbeus Bruce & Chace, 1986
  • Spirontocaris Bate, 1888
  • Thinora Bruce, 1998
  • Thor Kingsley, 1878

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

References

  1. [1]
    "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Thoridae Kingsley, 1878". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  2. [2]
    Christoffersen, Martin L. (1987). "Phylogenetic Relationships of Hippolytid Genera, with an Assignment of New Families for the Crangonoidea and Alpheoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea)". Cladistics. 3 (4): 348–362. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1987.tb00898.x. PMID 34949061. S2CID 84060489.
  3. [3]
    De Grave, Sammy; Li, Chi Pang; Tsang, Ling Ming; Chu, Ka Hou; Chan, Tin-Yam (2014). "Unweaving hippolytoid systematics (Crustacea, Decapoda, Hippolytidae): resurrection of several families". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (5): 496–507. doi:10.1111/zsc.12067. S2CID 84753248.


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