This shrimp a member of the pistol shrimp (named after their claw) family has a dark green to brown body with small red spots and one claw larger than the other. They use this claw to make a loud clicking sound that stuns its prey. This clicking often startles people when they handle this shrimp.

This species commonly lives in pairs in an elaborate burrow that they dig to a depth of around 30cm.

At a glance

Habitat Reef and seaweed areas, to depth of 25 m
Size Can grow to up to around 60mm
Origin Native
Distribution Pacific Islands and Australia including Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Pacific Islands and Australia including Tasmania
Habitat
Reef and seaweed areas, to depth of 25 m
Size
Can grow to up to around 60mm
Common Name Richardson's Snapping Shrimp
Aliases Pistol shrimp, Snapping shrimp,
Origin Native
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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
FamilyAlpheidae
GenusAlpheus
SpeciesAlpheus richardsoni
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