Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Roughback Shrimp
Trachycaris rugosa
Roughback Shrimp
Category: Broken-back Shrimps
Scientific Name: Trachycaris rugosa
Size: Up to 1.15 in. (3 cm)  
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, South Florida, Gulf of America
Note: Color can be green, red or brown.
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Caridea (Infraorder)
      └Alpheoidea (Superfamily)
       └Hippolytidae (Family)
        └Trachycaris (Genus)

Crustaceans
Broken-back Shrimps

Roughback Shrimp

White-Banded Cleaner Shrimp

Scarlet-Striped Cleaning Shrimp

Sponge Peppermint Shrimp

Squat Anemone Shrimp

Caribbean Squat Anemone Shrimp

Cryptic Sponge Shrimp

Hairy Shrimp

Marbled Shrimp

Saw-Blade Shrimp

Ocellated Tozeuma Shrimp



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