Aquarium Shrimp Taxonomy
A breakdown of ornamental shrimp taxonomy to supplement the 2013 Coral & Reef USA article Scintillating Shrimp
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Compiled J. Charles Delbeek, M.Sc |
April 11, 2012
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Decopoda
Infraorder Caridea
Superfamily Alpheoidea
Family Alpheidae
e.g., Alpheus spp. (283 spp.)
Family Hippolytidae
e.g., Saron spp. (four species), Lysmata (42 species), Thor (12 species), Tozeuma (11 species)
Superfamily Pandaloidea
Family Pandalidae
e.g., Miropandalus hardingi (1 species)
Superfamily Nematocarcinoidea
Family Rhynchocinetidae
e.g., Rhynchocinetes (14 species), Cinetorhynchus 11 species)
Superfamily Palaemonoidea
Family Gnathophyllidae
e.g., Gnathophyllum (Bumblebee shrimp — nine species)
Family Hymenoceridae
e.g., Hymenocera (harlequin shrimp — two species?), Phyllognathia ceratophthalma (two species)
Family Palaemonidae
Subfamily Palaemoninae
e.g., Leander plumosus (nine species), Urocaridella (seven spp.)
Subfamily Pontoniinae
Periclimenes - >100 species (e.g., P. colemani, P. brevicarpalis, P. imperator)
Dasycaris (five species), Pontonides (eight species)
Ancylomenes - 19 species (e.g., A. sarasvati, A. venustus, A. pedersoni, A. holthuisi)
Pliopontonia (two species)
Vir (seven species)
Cuapetes (25 species)
Infraorder Stenopodidea
Family Stenopodidae
e.g., Stenopus spp. (11 described species)
(Compiled by J. Charles Delbeek, M.Sc.)
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