Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

White Saddle Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus ochrostriatus
White Saddle Snapping Shrimp
Also known as: Fine-striped Snapping Shrimp
Category: Snapping Shrimps
Scientific Name: Alpheus ochrostriatus
Size: Up to 3 in. (7 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Alpheus ochrostriatus classification is comsidered nomen nudum
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. ochrostriatus (Species)

Crustaceans
Snapping Shrimps

White Saddle Snapping Shrimp

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Stimpson's Snapping Shrimp

Red Snapping Shrimp

Tiger Snapping Shrimp

Pacific Snapping Shrimp

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