Hippolyte Leach 1814 (shrimp)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hippolytidae
Synonyms: Bellidia Gosse 1877, Nectoceras Rafinesque 1817, Virbius Stimpson 1860
Parent taxon: Hippolytidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Poore and Ahyong 2004
Sister taxa: Alope, Eualus, Latreutes, Lebbeus, Leontocaris, Lissosabinea, Merhippolyte, Metacrangon, Nauticaris, Paracrangon, Parapontophilus, Saron, Thorellinae, Tozeuma
Subtaxa: Hippolyte australiensis Hippolyte caradina
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hippolyte in the database
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