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

Hippolytidae Spence Bate, 1888

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Caridion Goës, 1864
Hippolyte Leach, 1814
Latreutes Stimpson, 1860
Leontocaris Stebbing, 1905
Merhippolyte Spence Bate, 1888
Trachycaris Calman, 1906

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: steurgarnalen sources: de Ruijter, E.; Schoenmaker, A. (Ed.) (1989). Zeeboek [The sea book]. 2nd revised ed. Jeugdbondsuitgeverij JBU / Stichting Uitgeverij KNNV: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5107-007-1. 238 pp.

English: cock shrimps; humpback prawns sources: MASDEA (1997).;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: モエビ科

Literature

original description	Bate, C. S. (1888). Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by the Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76. Zoology. 24 (part 52): i–xc, 1–942, pls. 1–150.
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	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.
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.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Hippolytidae Spence Bate, 1888. 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:106777