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Alpheus cf. floridanus (Sand Snapping Shrimp)
Scientific name: Alpheus cf. floridanus

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: Sand Snapping Shrimp
Locations: Caribbean
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesShrimps

Shares its burrow with an orangespotted goby.

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Alpheus cf. floridanus (Sand Snapping Shrimp)
Goby with two sand snapping shrimp
Alpheus cf. floridanus (Sand Snapping Shrimp)
Pushing sand out of its burrow
Alpheus cf. floridanus (Sand Snapping Shrimp)
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