Saron

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Caridea
Superfamilia: Alpheoidea

Familia: Hippolytidae
Genus: Saron

Species: S. inermis – S. marmoratus – S. neglectus – S. rectirostris
Name

Saron Thallwitz, 1891: 99

Type species: Hippolyte gibberosus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (= Saron marmoratus (Olivier, 1811) (original designation)
References
Primary references

Thallwitz, J. 1891. Über einige neue indo-pacifische Crustaceen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 14: 96–103. BHL Reference page.

Links

Saron – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Saron in the World Register of Marine Species

Saron is a small genus of caridean prawns from the family Thoridae, which were formerly classified as part of the Hippolytidae, the cleaner shrimps.[2] Some species are kept in the marine aquarium trade.[3] These are common on the reefs of the Indo-Pacific region and it is thought that there may be many more species yet to be described due to the high variability in colour observed.[4]
Species

As of 2020, the World Register of Marine Species lists four species in the genus Saron:[1]

Saron inermis Hayashi in Debelius, 1983
Saron marmoratus (Olivier, 1811)
Saron neglectus de Man, 1902
Saron rectirostris Hayashi, 1984

References

C. Fransen; S De Grave (2020). "Saron Thallwitz, 1891". World Register of Marine Species. 96786. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
"Saron Shrimp". Hurtsville Aquarium. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
Joseph Poupin; Matthieu Juncker (2010). "A guide to the decapod crustaceans of the South Pacific" (PDF). Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia. Retrieved 25 January 2017.