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Alpheus macrocheles Red Pistol Shrimp, European Big Claw Snapping Prawn

Alpheus macrocheles is commonly referred to as Red Pistol Shrimp, European Big Claw Snapping Prawn. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Foto: Adria, Mittelmeer


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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:
Crevettes-Pistolet 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Alpheidae (Family) > Alpheus (Genus) > macrocheles (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Hailstone, ), 1835 
Occurrence:
Straße von Gibraltar, Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Alborán Sea (Mediterranean Sea), Angola, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Azores, Balearic Islands, Brazil, East cost of USA, East-Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Gabon, Japan, Madeira, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Portugal, Red Sea, South Atlantic, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), The Bahamas, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, West Africa 
Sea depth:
0 - 400 Meter 
Size:
1.18" - 1.18" (3cm - 3,5cm) 
Temperature:
59 °F - 86 °F (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). Abgerufen am 09.09.2020.
  2. Description of Alpheus cedrici sp. n., a strikingly coloured snapping shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae) from Ascension Island, central Atlantic Ocean (en). Abgerufen am 09.09.2020.
  3. Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, 2006 (multi). Abgerufen am 09.09.2020.
  4. Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) (en). Abgerufen am 09.09.2020.
  5. Snapping shrimps of the genus Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 from Brazil (Caridea: Alpheidae): updated checklist and key for identification (en). Abgerufen am 09.09.2020.
  6. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 09.09.2020.

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Foto: Adria, Mittelmeer

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