Thoridae
Thoridae is a family of cleaner shrimp, also known as broken-back shrimp or anemone shrimp.Genera
There are 36 recognised genera in the family:
- 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.
