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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.
Synalpheus is a genus of snapping shrimp of the family Alpheidae, presently containing more than 160 species; new ones are described on a regular basis, and the exact number even of described species is disputed.
Synalpheus regalis is a species of snapping shrimp that commonly live in sponges in the coral reefs along the tropical West Atlantic. [3] [4] They form a prominent component of the diverse marine cryptofauna of the region. [3] For the span of their entire lives, they live in the internal canals of the host sponge, using it as a food resource ...
Arete is a genus of snapping shrimp of the family Alpheidae. This genus contains 4 species. [1] [2] Species ... Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics; Cookie statement;
Alpheus digitalis is a species of pistol shrimp in the family Alpheidae. [1] [2] The species was first discovered after a taxonomic study of a snapping shrimp from the genus Alpheus from Japan and the Gulf of Thailand, of which, it was found that two species was confounded under A.digitalis, which was originally described based on a single specimen possessing abnormal chelipeds.
Synalpheus microneptunus is a species of small snapping shrimp native to the waters off the island of Barbados. It is one of at least seven known species of eusocial shrimp. They are cryptofauna, living exclusively within the network of tunnels in the sponges Neopetrosia proxima and Neopetrosia subtriangularis. They form small colonies of six ...
The bigclaw snapping shrimp produces a loud, staccato concussive noise with its snapping claw. The sound is produced when the claw snaps shut at great speed creating a high-speed water jet. This creates a small, short-lived cavitation bubble and it is the immediate collapse of this bubble that creates the sound. [3] A spark is formed at the ...
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]