| Tozeuma | |
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| Tozeuma cornutum | |
Scientific 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.[1] The genus has a global distribution in temperate and tropical marine and estuarine environments.[2]
The World Register of Marine Species lists 11 species in the genus Tozeuma:[3]
- Tozeuma armatum Paulson, 1875
- Tozeuma carolinense Kingsley, 1878
- Tozeuma cornutum A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
- Tozeuma elongata Baker, 1904
- Tozeuma erythraeum Nobili, 1904
- Tozeuma kimberi Baker, 1904
- Tozeuma lanceolatum Stimpson, 1860
- Tozeuma novaezealandiae Borradaile, 1916
- Tozeuma pavoninum Spence Bate, 1864
- Tozeuma serratum A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
- Tozeuma tomentosum Baker, 1904
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.[2]
References
- 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.
- 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.
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tozeuma Stimpson, 1860". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 26 November 2025.