Latreutes pymoeus Bignose Seagrass Shrimp

Latreutes pymoeus is commonly referred to as Bignose Seagrass 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:

10419 

AphiaID:

515296 

Scientific:

Latreutes pymoeus 

German:

Seegrasgarnele 

English:

Bignose Seagrass Shrimp 

Category:

Crevettes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Hippolytidae (Family) > Latreutes (Genus) > pymoeus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Nobili, 1904 

Occurrence:

Australia, East Africa, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Melanesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Red Sea, Thailand, the Seychelles, USA, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 7,7 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Lagoons, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1,00 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Detritus, Invertebrates, 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:

• Latreutes acicularis
• Latreutes anoplonyx
• 
  Latreutes fucorum
  Schlanke Sargassum-Garnele
• Latreutes inermis
• Latreutes laminirostris
• Latreutes parvulus
• Latreutes planirostris

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Latreutes bicornis
  Maulwurfs-Garnele
• 
  Latreutes mucronatus
  Seegrasgarnele
• 
  Latreutes porcinus
  Großnasen Seegrasgarnele
• 
  Latreutes pymoeus
  Seegrasgarnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-02-06 15:27:27 

Last edit:

2026-01-11 20:33:35 

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