Snapping Shrimps

Alpheus rapacida

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 5–56 m

This snapping shrimp digs its own burrow in the sandy and muddy floor of shallow water, sealing itself away from the open seabed. Like its kin it carries one oversized claw that snaps shut hard enough to stun small prey with the shock wave alone.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Alpheidae › Alpheus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 107482.