Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Blue Boxer Shrimp
Stenopus tenuirostris
Blue Boxer Shrimp
Category: Boxer Shrimps
Scientific Name: Stenopus tenuirostris
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Stenopodidea (Infraorder)
        └Stenopodidae (Family)
         └Stenopus (Genus)
          └S. tenuirostris (Species)

Crustaceans
Boxer Shrimps

Blue Boxer Shrimp

Banded Coral Shrimp

Golden Coral Shrimp



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