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Alpheus macrocheles

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lexID:
13240 
AphiaID:
107479 
Scientific:
Alpheus macrocheles 
German:
Europäischer Großscheren-Knallkrebs, Großscheren-Pistolenkrebs 
English:
Red Pistol Shrimp, European Big Claw Snapping Prawn 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Alpheidae (Family) > Alpheus (Genus) > macrocheles (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Hailstone, ), 1835 
Occurrence:
Straße von Gibralta, Northern Africa, Gabon, Madeira, East cost of USA, the Canary Islands, Alborán Sea (Mediterranean Sea), The Gulf of Guinea, Morocco, Portugal, Tunesien, Adria, Angola, Azorerne, Bahamas, Baleariske Øer, Brasilien, Britiske øer, Florida, Japan, Kap Verde, Nordlige Atlanterhav, Rødehavet, Saint Helena, Spanien, Sydatlanten, Vestafrika, Ægæiske Hav, Østlige Atlanterhav 
Sea depth:
0 - 400 Meter 
Size:
3 cm - 3,5 cm 
Temperature:
15°C - 30°C 
Food:
zooplankton 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-09-10 20:05:49 

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Synonyms:
Alphaeus latimanus A. Costa in Hope, 1851
Alpheus affinis Guise, 1854
Alpheus edwardsii H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
Alpheus megacheles Norman, 1868
Alpheus milnei Guérin-Méneville, 1857
Alpheus platyrhynchus Heller, 1862
Hippolyte macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Hippolyte rubra Westwood, 1835
Hippolyte rubra Hailstone, 1835
Nika platyura Fischer, 1872

External links

  1. A new western Atlantic snapping shrimp of the Alpheus macrocheles group (Caridea, Alpheidae) revealed by morphological, molecular and color data (en)
  2. Description of Alpheus cedrici sp. n., a strikingly coloured snapping shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae) from Ascension Island, central Atlantic Ocean (en)
  3. Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, 2006 (multi)
  4. Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) (en)
  5. Snapping shrimps of the genus Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 from Brazil (Caridea: Alpheidae): updated checklist and key for identification (en)
  6. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en)

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