Synalpheus hemphilli Pistol Shrimp, Snapping Shrimp

Synalpheus hemphilli is commonly referred to as Pistol Shrimp, Snapping Shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Pauline Walsh Jacobson, USA

bhb 21 P6016744b,Pistol Shrimp, Synalpheus hemphilli, Florida 2021

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lexID:: 14207
AphiaID:: 421759

Scientific:: Synalpheus hemphilli
German:: Knallkrebs
English:: Pistol Shrimp, Snapping Shrimp

Category:: Pistoolgarnalen

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Alpheidae (Family) > Synalpheus (Genus) > hemphilli (Species)
Initial determination:: Coutière, 1909

Occurrence:: Belize, Bermuda, Curacao, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Panama, USA, Venezuela
Sea depth:: 1 - 100 Meter
Temperature:: °F - 75.2 °F (°C - 24°C)
Food:: Invertebrates, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Synalpheus agelas
Synalpheus albatrossi
Synalpheus apioceros
Synalpheus biunguiculatus
Synalpheus bousfieldi
Synalpheus brevicarpus
Synalpheus brevifrons
Synalpheus brooksi
Synalpheus charon
Synalpheus coutierei
Synalpheus disparodigitus
Synalpheus dominicensis
Synalpheus fritzmuelleri
Synalpheus goodei
Synalpheus grampusi
Synalpheus heardi
Synalpheus hemphilli
Knallkrebs
Synalpheus herricki
Synalpheus lockingtoni
Synalpheus longicarpus
Synalpheus macclendoni
Synalpheus macromanus
Synalpheus minus
Synalpheus mulegensis
Synalpheus pandionis
Synalpheus paraneomeris
Synalpheus paraneptunus
Synalpheus pectiniger
Synalpheus rathbunae
Synalpheus redatocarpus
Synalpheus sanctithomae
Synalpheus scaphoceris
Synalpheus streptodactylus
Synalpheus tanneri
Synalpheus thai
Synalpheus townsendi

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-10-23 16:18:12
Last edit:: 2021-10-24 14:45:01

Info

Synalpheus hemphilli Coutière, 1909

Synalpheus is a genus of snapping shrimp of the family Alpheidae,

This is a sponge associated pistol shrimp. Can be found comensal on sponges, including Chalinula variabilis,Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata,Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) colombiensis, Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata und Igernella notabilis.

Host/prey of the parasitic isopod Parabopyriscus stellatus.

Similar to Synalpheus fritzmuelleri from Caribbean Panama (differ by having spotted leggs).

Synonymised names:
Synalpheus hemphilli longicornis Coutière, 1909

External links

alpheidae.myspecies.info (en). Abgerufen am 23.10.2021.
Arthur Anker, Flickr Alpheidae (en). Abgerufen am 23.10.2021.
EOL (en). Abgerufen am 23.10.2021.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 23.10.2021.

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bhb 21 P6016744b,Pistol Shrimp, Synalpheus hemphilli, Florida 2021

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