- Source: Alima (crustacean)
Alima is a genus of shrimps belonging to the family Squillidae, and was first described in 1817 by William Elford Leach.
Leach describes the genus as "Thorax elongate with the sides not approximating. Mouth
placed towards the hinder part of the thorax."
Species
Species accepted by the World Register of Marine Species are:
Alima hieroglyphica (Kemp, 1911)
Alima hildebrandi (Schmitt, 1940)
Alima maxima Ahyong, 2002
Alima neptuni (Linnaeus, 1768)
Alima orientalis Manning, 1978
Alima pacifica Ahyong, 2001
