Coral snapping shrimp
Alpheus lottini
- Usual depth1–12 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly, September, and November
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 21 records
- February: 20 records
- March: 28 records
- April: 20 records
- May: 21 records
- June: 20 records
- July: 29 records
- August: 20 records
- September: 33 records
- October: 27 records
- November: 29 records
- December: 26 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–12 m · Deepest record: 17 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Photos
(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Lisa_James, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Coral snapping shrimp, coral snapping shrimp, Coral Snapping Shrimp, Lottin's Snapping Shrimp
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- Camaron chasqueador, Camarón Pistola de Coral, Camarón pistola del coral
- French
- Crevette pistolet de Lottin
- Japanese
- サンゴテッポウエビ
- Simplified Chinese
- 珊瑚鼓蝦
Other scientific names: Alpheus laevis, Alpheus rouxii, Alpheus sublucanus, Alpheus thetis, Alpheus ventrosus, Cancer sublucanus, Crangon latipes
Similar species
Petroglyph shrimpAlpheus deuteropus
- Japanese snapping shrimp
Alpheus japonicus
Brownbar snapping shrimpAlpheus lobidens
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 1,092 open-data records from 1830 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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