Alpheus floridanus, Sand snapping shrimp

Alpheus floridanus   Kingsley, 1878

Sand snapping shrimp

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Alpheidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 0 - 122 m (Ref. 80404).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Eastern Pacific and the Atlantic: USA to Brazil and Guinea to Congo.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 97531. Found on coarse calcareous bottom (Ref. 79730), mud, coralline, sand and rocks (Ref. 80404).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Abele, L.G. and W. Kim 1986 An illustrated guide to the marine decapod crustaceans of Florida. State of Florida. Department of Environmental Regulation 8(1):i-xvii, 225 p. (Ref. 7873)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 20.6 - 28, mean 25.6 (based on 784 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.