Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-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) 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
        └Alpheoidea (Superfamily)
         └Alpheidae (Family) Snapping Shrimps
          └Synalpheus (Genus)
           └S. stimpsonii (Species)
WoRMS ID: 241312🔗
iNaturalist ID: 568436🔗

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