Common name of Alpheus amblyonyx
 
Common Name Bluntclaw snapping shrimp
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Williams, A.B., L.G. Abele, D.L. Felder, H.H. Hobbs Jr., R.B. Manning, P.A. McLaughlin and I. Pérez Farfante, 1988
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st Modifier behavior
2nd Modifier morphology
Remarks 'shrimp' from Old Norse 'skorpna', i.e., 'to shrivel up'.
 
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