Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Dancing Shrimp
Rhynchocinetes durbanensis
Dancing Shrimp
Category: Hinge-beak Shrimps
Scientific Name: Rhynchocinetes durbanensis
Size: Up to 1.5 in. (4 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum) Arthropods
└Crustacea (Subphylum) Crustaceans
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass) Typical Crustaceans
  └Malacostraca (Class) Malacostracans
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass) Decapods, Isopods, and Allies
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order) Decapods
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Caridea (Infraorder) Caridean Shrimps
        └Nematocarcinoidea (Superfamily)
         └Rhynchocinetidae (Family) Hinge-beak Shrimps
          └Rhynchocinetes (Genus)
           └R. durbanensis (Species)
WoRMS ID: 212926🔗
iNaturalist ID: 179881🔗

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