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Metabetaeus lohena has a widespread distribution in Hawaii where it is native to many islands. The species is also found on Easter Island. They live in anchialine pools, [2] which are landlocked bodies of water with underground connections to the ocean. These pools often possess fresh or brackish water near the surface, but saline water at depth.
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.
Alpheus randalli is a species of snapping shrimp in the family Alpheidae. [1] It lives in the Marquesas Islands and parts of the Indian Ocean, including the Seychelles, in association with a goby of the genus Amblyeleotris. [2] The shrimp is transparent or white with prominent red markings. [2]
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]
Alpheus macrocheles is a marine species. [3] It can be found living underwater in fissures and hollows underneath rocks and boulders. [2] They generally favour larger boulders on the lower shoreline. [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.
Metabetaeus minutus can vary in colour from blood red to pink, orange or white depending on the concentration of red chromatophores on the shrimps body. [2] [1] The average size can range depending on the population, with the smallest collected from Fakaofo being 12 mm long and largest known specimen being collected from Jaluit Atoll at 17 mm long.
Synalpheus microneptunus belongs to the genus Synalpheus of the snapping shrimp family, Alpheidae.It was first described by Kristin M. Hultgren, Kenneth S. MacDonald III, and J. Emmett Duffy in 2011, from specimens collected from the Cement Factory Reef off the northwest coast of the island of Barbados.