Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Saw-Blade Shrimp
Tozeuma armatum
Saw-Blade Shrimp
Also known as: Banded Tozeuma Shrimp
Category: Broken-back Shrimps
Scientific Name: Tozeuma armatum
Size: Up to 2 in. (5 cm)  
Depth: 10-100 ft. (3-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea
Arthropoda (Phylum) Arthropods
└Crustacea (Subphylum) Crustaceans
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass) Typical Crustaceans
  └Malacostraca (Class) Malacostracans
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass) Decapods, Isopods, and Allies
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order) Decapods
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Caridea (Infraorder) Caridean Shrimps
        └Alpheoidea (Superfamily)
         └Hippolytidae (Family) Broken-back Shrimps
          └Tozeuma (Genus)
           └T. armatum (Species)
WoRMS ID: 246202🔗
iNaturalist ID: 319540🔗

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