Red Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus armatus
Red Snapping Shrimp
Category: Snapping Shrimps
Scientific Name: Alpheus armatus
Size: 1 to 2 in. (2 to 5 cm)
Depth: 3-40 ft. (1-12 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Caridea (Infraorder)
└Alpheoidea (Superfamily)
└Alpheidae (Family)
└Alpheus (Genus)
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