Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Tiger Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus bellulus
Tiger Snapping Shrimp
Also known as: Tiger Pistol Shrimp
Category: Snapping Shrimps
Scientific Name: Alpheus bellulus
Size: Up to 1.5 in. (3.5 cm)  
Depth: 6-60 ft. (2-18 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Australia
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Caridea (Infraorder)
        └Alpheoidea (Superfamily)
         └Alpheidae (Family)
          └Alpheus (Genus)
           └A. bellulus (Species)

Crustaceans
Snapping Shrimps

Tiger Snapping Shrimp

Manyspot Snapping Shrimp

Alpheus sp. 1

Deman's Snapping Shrimp

Stimpson's Snapping Shrimp

Red Snapping Shrimp



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