Note:

Differisce dalla consimile Seticaudata per la dominanza delle bande verticali e per il non agire quale pulitore di gronghi e murene.

Tassonomia:

Domain: Eukaryota - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
Kingdom: Animalia - C. Linnaeus, 1758
Subkingdom: Bilateria - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
Branch: Protostomia - Grobben, 1908
Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa - A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
Superphylum: Panarthropoda - Cuvier
Phylum: Arthropoda - Latreille, 1829
Subphylum: Mandibulata - Snodgrass, 1938
Infraphylum: Crustaceomorpha - (Chernyshev, 1960)
Superclass: Crustacea - Pennant, 1777
Epiclass: Eucrustacea
Subclass: Eumalacostraca - Grobben, 1892
Superorder: Eucarida - Calman, 1904
Order: Decapoda - Latreille, 1802
Suborder: Pleocyemata - Burkenroad, 1963
Infraorder: Caridea - Dana, 1852
Superfamily: Alpheoidea - Rafinesque, 1815
Family: Hippolytidae - Dana, 1852
Genus: Lysmata - Risso, 1816
Specific name: nilita - (Dohrn & Holthuis, 1950)
Scientific name: Lysmata nilita - (Dohrn & Holthuis, 1950)