Tiger pistol shrimp
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| Alpheus bellulus | |
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| A. bellulus and Cryptocentrus cinctus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Alpheidae |
| Genus: | Alpheus |
| Species: | A. bellulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Alpheus bellulus Miya & Miyake, 1969 |
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The tiger pistol shrimp, Alpheus bellulus, is a species of snapping shrimp. It lives in symbiosis with gobies such as species of Amblyeleotris and Cryptocentrus.[1] It is also one of the loudest creatures on earth as the tiger pistol shrimp can emit a sound up to 200 decibels which it uses to stun its prey.
[edit] References
- ^ John E. Randall & John P. Hoover (1995). "Gobiidae". Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 325, 326, 333. ISBN 9780824818081.
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