How deep does the Snapping Shrimp live?

The Snapping Shrimp (Synalpheus agelas) is typically found at 1–91 m.

Snapping Shrimp

Synalpheus agelas

Group: Shrimp
Typical depth: 1–91 m

A snapping shrimp that lives inside the canals of sponges, it shelters within its host on rubble and coarse calcareous bottoms. Many of its relatives live in cooperative colonies, and like them it carries one enlarged claw that snaps with a sharp crack.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 421750.

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How deep does the Snapping Shrimp live?: The Snapping Shrimp (Synalpheus agelas) is typically found at 1–91 m.