Alpheus rapacida is a species of snapping shrimp of the family Alpheidae. It is found at depths of up to 56 metres (184 ft) across the Indo-West Pacific,[2] with a few recent observations from the Mediterranean coasts of Israel and Turkey as a Lessepsian migrant.[3]
| Alpheus rapacida | |
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| Alpheus rapacida and Cryptocentrus strigilliceps | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Alpheidae |
| Genus: | Alpheus |
| Species: | A. rapacida
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| Binomial name | |
| Alpheus rapacida | |
References
edit- ^ Sammy De Grave & Michael Türkay (2010). "Alpheus rapacida De Man, 1908d". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- ^ "Species Alpheus rapacida de Man, 1908". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. October 9, 2008. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- ^ Tahir Özcan, A. Suat Ateş & Tuncer Katağan (2008). "On the presence of the snapping shrimp, Alpheus rapacida (Decapoda: Caridea) on the Aegean Sea coast of Turkey" (PDF). Marine Biodiversity Records. 1: e86. doi:10.1017/S1755267207008792. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21.
External links
edit- Photos of Alpheus rapacida on Sealife Collection
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