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Alpheidae (also known as the snapping shrimp, pistol shrimp or alpheid shrimp [citation needed]) is a family within the infraorder caridea characterized by having asymmetrical claws, the larger of which is typically capable of producing a loud snapping sound.
The tiger pistol shrimp lives in burrows in symbiosis with certain goby species such as Cryptocentrus cinctus, Amblyeleotris guttata or Stonogobiops yasha. The shrimp digs and maintains the burrows which are the dens for both animals, while the goby acts as a watchman, warning of danger the shrimp cannot see due to poor eyesight. [8]
Metabetaeus mcphersonae is a marine species of alpheid shrimp [1] native to French Polynesia. The species has only been recorded to live in coral reef habitats off the coast of Moorea, Society Islands, French Polynesia. [2] Unlike other species within the genus, M. mcphersonae is associated exclusively with marine coral reef habitat. [2]
Metabetaeus lohena is an alpheid scavenger, which will also hunt small anchialine invertebrates. [4] M. lohena grows to lengths of 18 mm and are pale pink to vibrant red in colour. [5] Shrimp possess large claws and a clearly visible mandibular spot. [5] Females once gravid will produce a mass of 20 to 29 eggs. [4]
Alpheus is a genus of snapping shrimp of the family Alpheidae.This genus contains in excess of 330 species, [1] making this the most species-rich genus of shrimp. [2] Like other snapping shrimp, the claws of Alpheus are asymmetrical, with one of the claws enlarged for making a popping noise. [3]
Also known as pink speckled shrimp goby; scientific name cryptocentrus leptocephalus. Maximum length: 4.7 inches Wild habitat: Australia, Japan, Indonesia, East Pacific, Central/West Pacific.
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In the narrower sense, Synalpheus occur in the eastern Pacific where they are most plentiful and probably originated, and to a lesser extent in the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean; the species placed in Zuzalpheus occur mainly in the western Atlantic where their lineage probably originated, and to a lesser extent in the eastern Atlantic and Indian Ocean, and the eastern Pacific.