Red Claw Cuapetes Shrimp

Q: Where can you find Red Claw Cuapetes Shrimp?

Red Claw Cuapetes Shrimp can be found in: Egypt East, Laccadive Islands, Mariana Islands, Australia West, Saudi Arabia West, Oman North, Malaysia East, Taiwan, Australia North, Marshall Islands, Malaysia West, Anilao, Hawaii, Somalia East, Vanuatu, Sudan, Brunei, China, Myanmar, Eritrea, Australia, Hong Kong, Kenya, Qatar, India, Israel, USA West, Japan South, India East, India West, Thailand East, Thailand West, Israel South, Saudi Arabia East, Oman, Oman East, Somalia North, Australia East, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Vietnam, Seychelles, Cambodia, Indo-Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Iraq, Bangladesh, Polynesia, Singapore, Tanzania, Malaysia, Kuwait, Bahrain, USA, South Africa, Red Sea, Japan, Indonesia, Chagos Islands, Mozambique, Jordan, Palau, Philippines, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Micronesia, Egypt, Tonga and Samoa, Yemen, Mascarene Islands, Madagascar, Kiribati, Pakistan, Djibouti, Iran South, United Arab Emirates, Comoros, Fiji, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Somalia.

Cuapetes tenuipes

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Cuapetes tenuipes is a species of shrimp in the family Palaemonidae.

Other names: Glass Shrimp, Carid Shrimp, Commensal Shrimp, Invisible Shrimp, Ghost Shrimp, Glass Shrimp, Long-arm Shrimp, Red-scissor Commensal Shrimp, Thin-arm Shrimp, Thin-armed Shrimp, Transparent Commensal Shrimp.

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.