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Hippolyte varians Chamaeleon Prawn, Variable Seagrass Shrimp

Hippolyte varians is commonly referred to as Chamaeleon Prawn, Variable Seagrass Shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Hippolyte varians 2023


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lexID:
6305 
AphiaID:
107518 
Scientific:
Hippolyte varians 
German:
Farbwechselnde Garnele, Chamaeleon Garnele, Variable Seegras Garnele 
English:
Chamaeleon Prawn, Variable Seagrass Shrimp 
Category:
Crevettes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Hippolytidae (Family) > Hippolyte (Genus) > varians (Species) 
Initial determination:
Leach, 1814 
Occurrence:
the North Sea, Azores, Bay of Biscay, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, France, Germany, Iceland, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Faroe Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 
Sea depth:
7 - 9 Meter 
Habitats:
Algae zones, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Marine / Salt Water, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Tide pools / rock pools 
Size:
0.59" - 1.26" (1.5cm - 3.2cm) 
Temperature:
9,4 °F - 12,7 °F (9,4°C - 12,7°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available, omnivore 
Difficulty:
Cold water animal 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-03-13 19:50:37 

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Hippolyte varians Leach, 1814

Hippolyte varians may be infected by the bopyrid isopod Bopyrina ocellata (Smaldon, 1993).

Synonyms:
Caradina tenuis Spence Bate, 1866
Hippolyte fascigera Gosse, 1853
Hippolyte grayana W. Thompson, 1853
Hippolyte smaragdina Krøyer, 1841

External links

  1. MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. SeaLifeBase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Hippolyte varians on Undaria pinnatifida, 2017

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