| Thoridae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Superfamily: | Alpheoidea |
| Family: |
Thoridae Kingsley, 1878 |
| Genera | |
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Thoridae is a family of cleaner shrimp, also known as broken-back shrimp or anemone shrimp.
There are 36 recognised genera in the family:
Morphological and genetic studies show that Thoridae is distinct from Hippolytidae.