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Ambon Cleaner Shrimp
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Red Claw Cuapetes Shrimp
Cuapetes tenuipes
- Max size
- View in app
- Max depth
- 160 m
- Found in
- 81 regions
How to recognise it
- Colours
- transparentwhitebrownorangered
Cuapetes tenuipes is a species of shrimp in the family Palaemonidae.
Description
Transparent shrimp species with a long rostrum and orange-tipped chelipeds. The rostrum has 8-10 spines on the upper side, white line connecting the eyes.
Distribution
It is found from Eastern Africa and the Red Sea to the IndoPacific and Australia.
Habitat
It is a free living species, often found in intertidal pools, holes, crevices, or under ledges, but also found on anemones and bubble coral (Plerogyra), in a large depth range of 1-160 meters. It feeds on parasites, algae and plankton.
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Questions
Is Red Claw Cuapetes Shrimp dangerous?
Red Claw Cuapetes Shrimp has no known danger to humans. However, always observe marine life responsibly.
Where can you find Red Claw Cuapetes Shrimp?
How deep does Red Claw Cuapetes Shrimp live?
Red Claw Cuapetes Shrimp can be found at depths of up to 160 meters.
