Tozeuma


Tozeuma is a genus of caridean prawns in the cleaner shrimp family Hippolytidae. The genus has a global distribution in temperate and tropical marine and estuarine environments.
The World Register of Marine Species lists 11 species in the genus Tozeuma:Tozeuma armatum Paulson, 1875Tozeuma carolinense Kingsley, 1878Tozeuma cornutum A. Milne-Edwards, 1881Tozeuma elongata Baker, 1904Tozeuma erythraeum Nobili, 1904Tozeuma kimberi Baker, 1904Tozeuma lanceolatum Stimpson, 1860Tozeuma novaezealandiae Borradaile, 1916Tozeuma pavoninum Spence Bate, 1864Tozeuma serratum A. Milne-Edwards, 1881Tozeuma tomentosum Baker, 1904

Etymology

When Stimpson originally named the genus, he incorrectly translated the Greek word for "arrow", Toxeuma, as Tozeuma. However, Toxeuma was already the name for a genus of wasp in the Pteromalidae family, so it would have been invalid if spelled correctly.