Hippolyte clarki Kelp Humpback Shrimp

Hippolyte clarki is commonly referred to as Kelp Humpback 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.

Douglas Mason, USA

Hippolyte clarki (Monterey) 2008

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lexID:: 15339
AphiaID:: 515278

Scientific:: Hippolyte clarki
German:: Clarks Kelp Garnele, Seegras Garnele
English:: Kelp Humpback Shrimp

Category:: Garnalen

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Hippolytidae (Family) > Hippolyte (Genus) > clarki (Species)
Initial determination:: Chace, 1951

Occurrence:: Alaska (Western Atlantic), Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, North Pacific (Ocean), USA
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: - 30 Meter
Size:: 0.39" - 1.18" (1,8cm - 3,1cm)
Temperature:: °F - 50.27 °F (°C - 10.15°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Zoanthids
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:

Hippolyte acuta
Hippolyte californiensis
Hippolyte clarki
Clarks Kelp Garnele, Seegras Garnele
Hippolyte coerulescens
Hippolyte edmondsoni
Hippolyte nicholsoni
Hippolyte obliquimanus
Garnele
Hippolyte pleuracanthus
Hippolyte varians
Farbwechselnde Garnele, Chamaeleon Garnele, Variable Seegras Garnele
Hippolyte ventricosa
Partnergarnele
Hippolyte zostericola

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-11-06 16:26:52
Last edit:: 2022-11-06 17:22:49

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Hippolyte clarki Chace, 1951

The shrimp is usually bright green in color, sometimes with blue spots. Common in eelgrass beds, feeds on algae and small crustaceans.

External links

Invertebrates of the Salish Sea (en). Abgerufen am 06.11.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 06.11.2022.

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