Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Pacific Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus cf. pacificus
Pacific Snapping Shrimp
Category: Snapping Shrimps
Scientific Name: Alpheus cf. pacificus
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
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. cf. pacificus (Species)

Crustaceans
Snapping Shrimps

Pacific Snapping Shrimp

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Stimpson's Snapping Shrimp

Tiger Snapping Shrimp



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