Location: Dumaguete, Philippines
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Red Claw Cuapetes Shrimp
Cuapetes tenuipes
Red Claw Cuapetes Shrimp
Category: Commensal Shrimps
Scientific Name: Cuapetes tenuipes
Synonyms: Periclimenes tenuipes
Size: Up to 1.5 in. (3.5 cm)
Depth: 10-200 ft. (3-60 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Australia
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
└Multicrustacea (Superclass)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Eucarida (Superorder)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Caridea (Infraorder)
└Palaemonoidea (Superfamily)
└Palaemonidae (Family)
└Cuapetes (Genus)
└C. tenuipes (Species)
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