Gnathophyllum elegans Spotted Bumble Bee Shrimp

Gnathophyllum elegans is commonly referred to as Spotted Bumble Bee Shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

862 

AphiaID:

107608 

Scientific:

Gnathophyllum elegans 

German:

Gepunktete Hummelgarnele 

English:

Spotted Bumble Bee Shrimp 

Category:

Garnalen 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Gnathophyllum (Genus) > elegans (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Risso, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Greece, Indo Pacific, Israel, Madeira, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Red Sea, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

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:

1 - 35 Meter 

Habitats:

Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils, Under rocks 

Size:

0.79" - 1.57" (2cm - 4cm) 

Temperature:

66.2 °F - 77 °F (19°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory, Sea urchins, Starfishs 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Gnathophyllum americanum
  Gestreifte Harlekingarnele, Hummelgarnele
• 
  Gnathophyllum modestum
  Gepunktete Hummelgarnele
• 
  Gnathophyllum precipuum
  Hawaii Höhlen - Hummelgarnele

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Gnathophyllum circellum
  Hummelgarnele
• 
  Gnathophyllum elegans
  Gepunktete Hummelgarnele
• 
  Gnathophyllum panamense
  Hummelgarnele, Tonnengarnele
• 
  Gnathophyllum taylori
  Taylors Hummelgarnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-19 19:44:55 

Last edit:

2025-01-03 13:08:20 

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