Species under Hippolyte
n= 15
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Hippolyte californiensis
Holmes, 1895
California green shrimp Eastern Pacific
Hippolyte caradina
Holthuis, 1947
Western Central Pacific
Hippolyte clarki
Chace, 1951
Kelp humpback shrimp Eastern Pacific
Hippolyte coerulescens
(Fabricius, 1775)
Cerulean sargassum shrimp Western Atlantic Ocean
Hippolyte holthuisi
Zariquiey-Alvarez, 1953
Mediterranean Sea
Hippolyte nicholsoni
Chace, 1972
Western Central Atlantic
Hippolyte niezabitowskii
d'Udekem d'Acoz, 1996
Mediterranean Sea
Hippolyte obliquimanus
Dana, 1852
Western Atlantic
Hippolyte pleuracantha
(Stimpson, 1871)
False zostera shrimp Western Atlantic Ocean
Hippolyte pleuracanthus
(Stimpson, 1871)
Western Atlantic Ocean
Hippolyte sapphica
D'Udekem d'Acoz, 1993
Mediterranean Sea
Hippolyte varians
unspecified
Variable seagrass shrimp Northeast Atlantic
Hippolyte ventricosa
Milne-Edwards, 1837
Indo-West Pacific
Hippolyte williamsi
Schmitt, 1924
Southeast Pacific
Hippolyte zostericola
(Smith, 1873)
Zostera shrimp Western Atlantic
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