Trachycaris restricta Broken Back Shrimp

Trachycaris restricta is commonly referred to as Broken Back 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.

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lexID:

17606 

AphiaID:

107537 

Scientific:

Trachycaris restricta 

German:

Garnele 

English:

Broken Back Shrimp 

Category:

Garnalen 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Hippolytidae (Family) > Trachycaris (Genus) > restricta (Species) 

Initial determination:

(A. Milne-Edwards, ), 1878 

Occurrence:

Brazil, Curacao, European Coasts, Guinea-Bissau, North Atlantic Ocean, Southwest Atlantic, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago 

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:

18 - 100 Meter 

Habitats:

Rocky, hard seabeds, Rubble floors, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils 

Size:

0,5 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

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:

• 
  Trachycaris restricta
  Garnele
• 
  Trachycaris rugosa
  Garnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-07-16 19:43:16 

Last edit:

2025-07-16 20:16:14 

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