Florent's Guide To The

Tropical 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)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Caridea (Infraorder)
      └Alpheoidea (Superfamily)
       └Hippolytidae (Family)
        └Tozeuma (Genus)

Crustaceans
Broken-back Shrimps

Saw-Blade Shrimp

Ocellated Tozeuma Shrimp

White-Banded Cleaner Shrimp

Squat Anemone Shrimp

Cryptic Sponge Shrimp

Hairy Shrimp

Marbled Shrimp



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