Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Stimpson's Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus stimpsonii
Stimpson's Snapping Shrimp
Category: Snapping Shrimps
Scientific Name: Synalpheus stimpsonii
Size: Up to 1.5 in. (3.5 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Caridea (Infraorder)
        └Alpheoidea (Superfamily)
         └Alpheidae (Family)
          └Synalpheus (Genus)
           └S. stimpsonii (Species)

Crustaceans
Snapping Shrimps

Stimpson's Snapping Shrimp

Tiger Snapping Shrimp

Alpheus sp. 1

Deman's Snapping Shrimp



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