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Alpheus
Sign in to saveAlso known as snapping shrimp, snapping shrimps, pistol shrimp, pistol shrimps
genus of crustaceans
Species
テッポウエビ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyAlpheidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations664
Observations recorded66,200
Here is a video showing the snapping mechanism of shrimps in the genus Alpheus
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,958
- With media
- 765
- Family
- Alpheidae
- Collections
- AMNH, FCB-UANL, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UF, CAS
- Recorded in
- Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Kiribati, United States