Stenopus spinosus

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lexID:: 5494

Scientific:: Stenopus spinosus
German:: Mittelmeer-Scherengarnele,
English:: Mediterranien Boxer Shrimp

Category:: Crevettes
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Stenopodidae (Family) > Stenopus (Genus) > spinosus (Species)
Initial determination:: Risso, 1827

Occurrence:: Madeira, Morocco, Atlantique Est, Azores, Espagne, golfe du Mexique, Méditerranée, Mer Rouge, Portugal
Size:: bis zu 8cm
Temperature:: °C - 25°C
Food:: Frozen food (small sorts), artémias, Comprimés alimentaires
Tank:: ~ 100 Liter
Difficulty:: moyen

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-05-20 12:15:55
Last edit:: 2013-05-20 12:15:55

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Stenopus spinosus is a shrimp-like decapod crustacean belonging to the infraorder Stenopodidea
Stenopus spinosus can grow up to 8 centimetres long, and is chiefly yellow, with white antennae and white tips to the chelae (claws). The uropods and telson have red tips.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Stenopodidae
Genus: Stenopus
Species: S. spinosus
Binomial name
Stenopus spinosus

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