Thoridae
| Thoridae | |
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| Eualus sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Superfamily: | Alpheoidea |
| Family: | Kingsley, 1878 |
| Genera | |
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Thoridae, also known as broken-back shrimp or anemone shrimp, is a family of cleaner shrimp.[1]
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
- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Thoridae Kingsley, 1878". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.