Cymbidium Gentle Touch Orchid

Synalpheus streptodactylus

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 0–128 m

A snapping shrimp that lives alongside sponges in shallow water and hides in dead coral galleries, it ranges down to about 128 metres. It carries the enlarged snapping claw of its family, firing a stunning shock wave from the safety of its hiding place.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 210473.