Harpiliopsis spinigera Spiniger's Coral Shrimp

Harpiliopsis spinigera is commonly referred to as Spiniger's Coral 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:

18106 

AphiaID:

0 

Scientific:

Harpiliopsis spinigera 

German:

Spinigers Korallengarnele 

English:

Spiniger's Coral Shrimp 

Category:

Rejer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Harpiliopsis (Genus) > spinigera (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Ortmann, ), 1890 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Clipperton Island, Columbia, Comores, Fiji, French Polynesia, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Kenya, Marschall Islands, Mayotte, New Caledonia, North Pacific (Ocean), Panama, Philippines, Réunion , Samoa, South-Pazific, the Seychelles, Vietnam, Zanzibar 

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:

0 - 22 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, On living corals, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1,4 cm 

Temperature:

24,9 °F - 29,3 °F (24,9°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

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:

• Harpiliopsis beaupresii
• 
  Harpiliopsis depressa
  Flache Korallengarnele
• 
  Harpiliopsis spinigera
  Spinigers Korallengarnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-01-30 17:31:34 

Last edit:

2026-01-30 18:04:30 

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