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Alpheus bellulus (Tiger Snapping Shrimp)
Scientific name: Alpheus bellulus

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Arthropoda → Subphylum Crustacea → Superclass Multicrustacea → Class Malacostraca → Subclass Eumalacostraca → Superorder Eucarida → Order Decapoda → Suborder Pleocyemata → Infraorder Caridea → Superfamily Alpheoidea → Genus Alpheus

Common name: Tiger Snapping Shrimp
Locations: Indo-Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesShrimps

These live with shrimpgobies. The shrimp keeps the den clean, and the shrimpgoby watches for threats.

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Alpheus bellulus (Tiger Snapping Shrimp)
Alpheus bellulus (Tiger Snapping Shrimp)
Alpheus bellulus (Tiger Snapping Shrimp)
Alpheus bellulus (Tiger Snapping Shrimp)
Alpheus bellulus (Tiger Snapping Shrimp)
Alpheus bellulus (Tiger Snapping Shrimp)
Shrimp and goby
Alpheus bellulus (Tiger Snapping Shrimp)
Alpheus bellulus (Tiger Snapping Shrimp)
Shrimp and goby
Alpheus bellulus (Tiger Snapping Shrimp)
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