Thoridae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Superfamily: | Alpheoidea |
Family: |
Thoridae Kingsley, 1878 |
Genera | |
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See text.
Thoridae is a family of cleaner shrimp, also known as broken-back shrimp or anemone shrimp.
There are 36 recognised genera in the family:
Morphological and genetic studies show that Thoridae is distinct from Hippolytidae.