Alpheus rapacida
- Usual depth35–56 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsNovember
- How commonRare
About this species
Alpheus rapacida is a species of snapping shrimp of the family Alpheidae. It is found at depths of up to 56 metres (184 ft) across the Indo-West Pacific, with a few recent observations from the Mediterranean coasts of Israel and Turkey as a Lessepsian migrant.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Alpheus rapacida”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 35–56 m · Deepest record: 56 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ニセオニテッポウエビ
Similar species
Petroglyph shrimpAlpheus deuteropus
Coral snapping shrimpAlpheus lottini
- 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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 80 open-data records from 1963 to 2012.
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