petroglyph shrimp

Alpheus deuteropus

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Alpheidae

Alpheus deuteropus or the petroglyph shrimp is a snapper or pistol shrimp in the family Alpheidae. It lives on coral reefs in tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans and in the Red Sea, as a commensal of corals such as Porites lobata. Its presence among the lobes leaves tunnels, cracks and grooves in the surface.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 22France · 1

Sources and credits

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