The rostrum is a little longer than the eye stalks and features 4-7 teeth on the upper margin and the carapace has a small spine above the eye. The tail fins feature a whiteish band and the legs are often banded in colour

At a glance

Habitat Can be found on reefs and in tidal rock pools amongst seaweeds and seagrasses out to a depth of around 46m
Size Can grow to a length of around 30mm
Origin Native
Distribution Indo-Pacific Oceans including Southern Australia and Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Indo-Pacific Oceans including Southern Australia and Tasmania
Habitat
Can be found on reefs and in tidal rock pools amongst seaweeds and seagrasses out to a depth of around 46m
Size
Can grow to a length of around 30mm

Identification

This shrimp can grow to around 30mm in length normally with a mottled reddish colouration with white flecks and white banding on the legs with a broad white band on the telson, More anatomically the rostrum is a little longer than the eyes stalks and features 4 to 7 teeth on the upper margin, The carapace has a small spine above the orbit of the eye

Common Name Bald Shrimp
Aliases Bald Prawn,
Origin Native
Conservation No Conservation Status
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumCrustacea
SuperclassMulticrustacea
ClassMalacostraca
SubclassEumalacostraca
SuperorderEucarida
OrderDecapoda
SuborderPleocyemata
InfraorderCaridea
SuperfamilyAlpheoidea
FamilyHippolytidae
GenusAlope
SpeciesAlope orientalis
Synonyms

Synonyms

Alope australis Baker, 1904
Hippolyte ponapensis Ortmann, 1890
Hetairocaris orientalis de Man, 1890
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