Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Dancing Shrimp
Rhynchocinetes durbanensis
Dancing Shrimp
Category: Hinge-beak Shrimps
Scientific Name: Rhynchocinetes durbanensis
Size: Up to 1.5 in. (4 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Caridea (Infraorder)
      └Nematocarcinoidea (Superfamily)
       └Rhynchocinetidae (Family)
        └Rhynchocinetes (Genus)

Crustaceans
Hinge-beak Shrimps

Dancing Shrimp

Reticulated Hinge-Beak Shrimp



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