Saron (crustacean)

Genus of crustaceans

Saron

Saron marmoratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Malacostraca
Order:  | Decapoda
Suborder:  | Pleocyemata
Infraorder:  | Caridea
Family:  | Hippolytidae
Genus:  | Saron
Thallwitz, 1891 [1]
Type species
Hippolyte gibberosus

H. Milne Edwards, 1837

Saron neglectus

Saron is a small genus of caridean prawns in the cleaner shrimp family Hippolytidae,[2] These are common on the reefs of the Indo-Pacific region and it is possible that there may be many more species yet to be described due to the high variability in colour observed.[3] Some species are kept in the marine aquarium trade.[4]

## Species

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As of 2023[update], the World Register of Marine Species lists four species in the genus Saron:

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

## References

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1. ^ C. Fransen; S De Grave (2020). "Saron Thallwitz, 1891". World Register of Marine Species. 96786. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Saron Thallwitz, 1891". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ "Saron Shrimp". Hurtsville Aquarium. Retrieved 24 January 2017.

Taxon identifiers

Saron|

* Wikidata: Q10661905
* Wikispecies: Saron
* ADW: Saron
* AFD: Saron
* BOLD: 84179
* CoL: 84TF5
* GBIF: 2226384
* iNaturalist: 51199
* IRMNG: 1443211
* ITIS: 659796
* NCBI: 652914
* Open Tree of Life: 558161
* Paleobiology Database: 274907
* WoRMS: 206362