Alpheus cristulifrons Rathbun, 1900
Dotted snapping shrimp
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Family:  Alpheidae (snapping shrimps)
Max. size:  2 cm TL (male/unsexed); 1.75 cm TL (female)
Environment:  reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 5 m
Distribution:  Eastern Pacific and the Atlantic: USA to Brazil and São Tome and Principe.
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Biology:  Maximum depth from Ref. 97531. Found on rubble (Ref. 97531). Lives in reef edges near tide level and associated with rocks and coral, e.g., Pocillopora and Porites (Ref. 79713), Acropora, Siderastrea and Mussismilia spp. (Ref. 80376). Specifically found in nodules and cavities of calcareous algae, in sponges, in branching dead and living portions of corals in reef edges near tide levels (Ref. 79713). Capable of excavating cavities using its major claw and can excavate tunnels into the coral Mussismilia or into coral's epibiotic growth consisting of coralline algae, ascidians and bryozoans (Ref. 80376). Lives in male/female pairs (Ref. 79713).
IUCN Red List Status: (LC) Ref. 123251)
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