Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Stimpson's Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus stimpsonii
Stimpson's Snapping Shrimp
Category: Snapping Shrimps
Scientific Name: Synalpheus stimpsonii
Size: Up to 1.5 in. (3.5 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Caridea (Infraorder)
      └Alpheoidea (Superfamily)
       └Alpheidae (Family)
        └Synalpheus (Genus)

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