Tozeuma

Tozeuma
Tozeuma cornutum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Hippolytidae
Genus: Tozeuma
Stimpson, 1860
Type species
Tozeuma lanceolatum
Stimpson, 1860

Tozeuma is a genus of caridean prawns in the cleaner shrimp family Hippolytidae. The genus has a global distribution in temperate and tropical marine and estuarine environments.

The World Register of Marine Species lists 11 species in the genus Tozeuma:

Etymology

When Stimpson originally named the genus, he incorrectly translated the Greek word for "arrow", Toxeuma, as Tozeuma. However, Toxeuma was already the name for a genus of wasp in the Pteromalidae family, so it would have been invalid if spelled correctly.

References

  1. ↑ Ruppert, Edward E.; Fox, Richard S. (1988). Seashore animals of the Southeast: a guide to common shallow-water invertebrates of the southeastern Atlantic Coast. Columbia, S.C: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-87249-535-7.
  2. 1 2 Ewald, Joseph Jay (1969). "Observations on the Biology of Tozeuma Carolinense (Decapoda, Hippolytidae) from Florida, with Special Reference to Larval Development". Bulletin of Marine Science. 19 (3): 510–549.
  3. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tozeuma Stimpson, 1860". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 26 November 2025.