Tozeuma cornutum

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
Species:
T. cornutum
Binomial name
Tozeuma cornutum

Tozeuma cornutum is a species of shrimp in the family Hippolytidae found throughout the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. The shrimp has a commensal relationship with the soft coral species Antillogorgia americana, similar to other species of caridean shrimp.

Description

Similar to other species in the genus Tozeuma, T. cornutum has an elongated, slender body with an extended rostrum that is 1.1 to 1.3 times longer than its carapace. The rostrum is smooth, with 7 to 11 teeth along the ventral margin. T. cornutum can be distinguished from similar species of Tozeuma in the western Atlantic by a dorsal hook projecting from its third abdominal segment.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 De Grave, Sammy; Dowell, Michael (2004). "Redescription of the Little Known Shrimp, Tozeuma cornutum A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 (Decapoda, Hippolytidae)". Crustaceana. 77 (11): 1403–1407. Bibcode:2004Crust..77.1403D. doi:10.1163/1568540043165967. ISSN 0011-216X. JSTOR 20107449.
  2. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tozeuma cornutum A. Milne-Edwards, 1881". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  3. ↑ 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.