Snapping Shrimps
Automate dolichognatha
- Group: Other
- Typical depth: 0–100 m
- Max size: 0.1 cm
A burrowing snapping shrimp of intertidal and shallow soft bottoms down to about 100 metres, it lives down among seagrass roots and other submerged vegetation. Like its kin it carries one enlarged claw that snaps with a loud crack.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Alpheidae › Automate
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 220241.
FAQ
- How deep does the Snapping Shrimps live?
- The Snapping Shrimps (Automate dolichognatha) is typically found at 0–100 m.
- How big does the Snapping Shrimps get?
- The Snapping Shrimps grows to about 0.1 cm.