Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Egg Shell Shrimp
Hamopontonia fungicola
Egg Shell Shrimp
Category: Commensal Shrimps
Scientific Name: Hamopontonia fungicola
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Depth: 20-100 ft. (6-30 m)
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, Australia
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Caridea (Infraorder)
        └Palaemonoidea (Superfamily)
         └Palaemonidae (Family)
          └Hamopontonia (Genus)
           └H. fungicola (Species)
WoRMS ID: 764462🔗
iNaturalist ID: 854568🔗

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