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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 ...
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]
Alpheus deuteropus or the petroglyph shrimp is a snapper or pistol shrimp in the family Alpheidae. It lives on coral reefs in tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans and in the Red Sea, as a commensal of corals such as Porites lobata. Its presence among the lobes leaves tunnels, cracks and grooves in the surface. [2]
The Alpheidae family is incredibly diverse with over 500 unique species across the world. Alpheus bellulus shares a translocation and inversion event of trnE in its mitogenome with several other Alpheus species but there is not enough evidence to say this is a shared commonality among the entire genus.
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Alpheus heterochaelis, the bigclaw snapping shrimp, is a snapper or pistol shrimp in the family Alpheidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico . Description
Contains four families, including Alpheidae, the family of pistol or snapping shrimp, and Hippolytidae a family of cleaner shrimp. [13] [15] Atyoidea: Atya gabonensis: Contains one family, Atyidae, with 42 genera. [12] They are present in all tropical and most temperate waters. Adults of this family are almost always confined to fresh water ...
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]