Tags: Crustacean.

Alpheus heterochaelis the bigclaw snapping shrimp is a snapper or pistol shrimp in the family Alpheidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

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class
Malacostraca
family
Alpheidae
genus
Alpheus (genus)
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda, Caridea
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean
synonym
*Alpheus andronyx( Christoffersen 1998), *Crangon heterochaelis, *Halopsyche lutaria( de Saussure 1857)

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