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, 1875 Tozeuma carolinense Kingsley, 1878 Tozeuma cornutum A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 Tozeuma elongata Baker, 1904 Tozeuma erythraeum Nobili, 1904 Tozeuma kimberi Baker, 1904 Tozeuma lanceolatum Stimpson, 1860 Tozeuma novaezealandiae Borradaile, 1916 Tozeuma pavoninum Spence Bate, 1864 Tozeuma serratum A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 Tozeuma 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.
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