Known locally from a specimen found along the rocks from Tomahawk Point to West Tomahawk Beach but more likely present amongst the intertidal and subtidal rocky areas

At a glance

Habitat Can be found intertidally amongst sponges and algae and is often found amongst sea urchins
Size Can grow to a length of around 20mm
Origin Native
Distribution Southern Australia from WA to NSW including around Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Southern Australia from WA to NSW including around Tasmania
Habitat
Can be found intertidally amongst sponges and algae and is often found amongst sea urchins
Size
Can grow to a length of around 20mm

Identification

Colour is normally a deep red but can vary slightly, the rostrum reaches past the middle of third article of antennule and the carapace does not have a supraorbital tooth, and does have a small tooth just to the outside the eye and slightly below the rostrum (extraorbital) described as being sharp, Chelipeds not sexually dimorphic (very similar on both sexes)
Common Name Snapping Shrimp
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Native
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Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumCrustacea
SuperclassMulticrustacea
ClassMalacostraca
SubclassEumalacostraca
SuperorderEucarida
OrderDecapoda
SuborderPleocyemata
InfraorderCaridea
SuperfamilyAlpheoidea
FamilyAlpheidae
GenusAthanas
SpeciesAthanas granti
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