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Petroglyph Snapping Shrimp

Alpheus deuteropus

89 observations in the source records

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24 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 7, February 6, March 7, April 5, May 4, June 3, July 5, August 4, September 4, October 5, November 5, December 7.
United States62
Hawaii62
Australia2
Queensland1
Other Territories1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilySnapping Shrimps · Alpheidae
GenusAlpheus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Petroglyph Snapping Shrimp with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.