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Hump-backed Shrimps
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Hump-backed Shrimps

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.

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16 branches of this family, most-observed first

Saron

genusSaron

Hippolyte

genusHippolyte

Tozeuma

genusTozeuma

Alope

genusAlope

Latreutes

genusLatreutes

Phycocaris

genusPhycocaris

Gelastocaris

genusGelastocaris

Trachycaris

genusTrachycaris

Thorella

genusThorella

Nauticaris

genusNauticaris

Chorismus

genusChorismus

Caridion

genusCaridion

Merhippolyte

genusMerhippolyte

Leontocaris

genusLeontocaris

Eumanningia

genusEumanningia

Gelastreutes

genusGelastreutes

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