Florent's Guide To The

Tropical 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)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Caridea (Infraorder)
        └Alpheoidea (Superfamily)
         └Hippolytidae (Family)
          └Tozeuma (Genus)
           └T. armatum (Species)

Crustaceans
Broken-back Shrimps

Saw-Blade Shrimp

Ocellated Tozeuma Shrimp

Roughback Shrimp

White-Banded Cleaner Shrimp

Scarlet-Striped Cleaning Shrimp

Sponge Peppermint Shrimp

Squat Anemone Shrimp

Caribbean Squat Anemone Shrimp

Cryptic Sponge Shrimp

Hairy Shrimp

Marbled Shrimp



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