European Big-Claw Snapping Prawn (Alpheus macrocheles)

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Alpheus macrocheles

(Hailstone, 1835)

European Big-Claw Snapping Prawn

Also known as: Snapping Prawn, Snapping Shrimp

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Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Alpheidae

Other species in Alpheidae

Alpheus paracrinitus

Alpheus paracrinitus

Smoothclaw Snapping Shrimp

Alpheus paraformosus

Alpheus paraformosus

Alpheus dentipes

Alpheus dentipes

Mediterranean Snapping Prawn

Alpheus websteri

Alpheus websteri

Alpheus floridanus

Alpheus floridanus

Sand Snapping Shrimp

Alpheus bahamensis

Alpheus bahamensis

Bahaman Snapping Shrimp

Alpheus formosus

Alpheus formosus

Striped Snapping Shrimp

Alpheus viridari

Alpheus viridari

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