Hippolyte (genus)
Encyclopedia
Hippolyte is a genus
of shrimp
of the family
Hippolytidae
, containing the following species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of shrimp
Shrimp
Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. Shrimp are an important...
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Hippolytidae
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.-Genera:There are 36 recognised genera in the...
, containing the following species:
- Hippolyte acuta (Stimpson, 1860)
- Hippolyte australiensis (Stimpson, 1860)
- Hippolyte bifidirostrisHippolyte bifidirostrisHippolyte bifidirostris is a chameleon shrimp of the family Hippolytidae, endemic to Australia and New Zealand. It is found to depths of up to 36 metres. Its length is up to 40 mm.-References:...
(Miers, 1876) - Hippolyte californiensis Holmes, 1895
- Hippolyte caradina Holthuis, 1947
- Hippolyte catagrapha d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2007
- Hippolyte clarki Chace, 1951
- Hippolyte coerulescens (Fabricius, 1775)
- Hippolyte commensalis Kemp, 1925
- Hippolyte edmondsoni Hayashi, 1981
- Hippolyte garciarasoi d'Udekem d'Acoz, 1996
- Hippolyte holthuisi Zariquiey-Alvarez, 1953
- Hippolyte huntii (Gosse, 1877)
- Hippolyte inermis Leach, 1815
- Hippolyte jarvinensis Hayashi, 1981
- Hippolyte kraussiana (Stimpson, 1860)
- Hippolyte lagarderei d'Udekem d'Acoz, 1995
- Hippolyte leptocerus (Heller, 1863)
- Hippolyte leptometrae Ledoyer, 1969
- Hippolyte longiallex d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2007
- Hippolyte longirostris (Czerniavsky, 1868)
- Hippolyte multicolorata Yaldwyn, 1971
- Hippolyte nicholsoni Chace, 1972
- Hippolyte niezabitowskii d'Udekem d'Acoz, 1996
- Hippolyte obliquimanus Dana, 1852
- Hippolyte palliola Kensley, 1970
- Hippolyte pleuracantha (Stimpson, 1871)
- Hippolyte polaris
- Hippolyte prideauxiana Leach, 1817
- Hippolyte proteus (Paul'son, 1875)
- Hippolyte sapphica d'Udekem d'Acoz, 1993
- Hippolyte spinus
- Hippolyte varians Leach, 1814
- Hippolyte ventricosa H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
- Hippolyte williamsi Schmitt, 1924c
- Hippolyte zostericola (Smith, 1873)