Egg Shell Shrimp
Hamopontonia corallicola
Egg Shell Shrimp
Category: Commensal Shrimps
Scientific Name: Hamopontonia corallicola
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Depth: 20-100 ft. (6-30 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Caridea (Infraorder)
└Palaemonoidea (Superfamily)
└Palaemonidae (Family)
└Hamopontonia (Genus)
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