Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Caridea > Superfamily Alpheoidea > Family Lysmatidae

Lysmata Risso, 1816

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hippolysmata*	Stimpson, 1860	synonym
*Melicerta*	Risso, 1816	synonym

Children

Lysmata grabhami (Gordon, 1935)
Lysmata intermedia (Kingsley, 1878)
Lysmata nilita Dohrn & Holthuis, 1950
Lysmata olavoi Fransen, 1991
Lysmata seticaudata (Risso, 1816)
Lysmata uncicornis Holthuis & Maurin, 1952

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヒゲナガモエビ属

Literature

original description	Risso, A. (1816). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice. [Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice.]. Librairie Grecque-Latine-Allemande, Paris. 175 pp., pls. 1-3.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp.
additional source	De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85(9): 195-589.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Lysmata Risso, 1816. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106992