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Taxonomy: (after I.C.Z.N.) Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Eumalacostraca
Super Order: Eucarida
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Hippolytidae
Genus: Lysmata (Risso, 1816)
Species: wurdemanni (Gibbes, 1850)
Original Description: First described by Gibbes in 1850.
Word origin: Lysmata appears to be from the Greek roots
Lys
meaning
loose and mat, -aeo, -eo, meaning foolish or idle. The species
wurdemanni is apparently in reference to (and in honor of) Wurdemann,
(unknown) indicated by the Latin genitive ending -i.
The literal translation for the genus seems a bit confusing and Lysmata
may refer to the cleaner shrimps leaving the substrate (loose) to clean
fish capable of eating them (foolish).
The order Decapoda means "ten legs" (Deca indicating ten and
pod
meaning
foot. The suborder Pleocyemata is from the Greek root(s);
pleo meaning
full, more; sail, swim; and cyem, -a, -ato, -I, meaning an embryo.
The Infraorder Caridea is from the Latin root
cari, -d, =s meaning
shrimp The family Hippolytidae are the "cleaner" shrimp.. Hippolytidae
appears to be a combination of hippo meaning "horse" and ly another
word for loose, and idae being a standard suffix for an animal.
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