Fat-handed snapping shrimp
Synalpheus tumidomanus
- Usual depth1–46 m
- Water temperature15–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch and May
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 6 records
- February: 11 records
- March: 25 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 32 records
- June: 8 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 10 records
- December: 17 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–46 m · Deepest record: 71 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Fat-handed snapping shrimp
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ミドリツノテッポウエビ
- Korean
- 세이마뿔딱총새우
Other scientific names: Alpheus tumidomanus, Alpheus tumido-manus, Synalpheus anisocheir, Synalpheus hululensis, Synalpheus japonicus, Synalpheus maccullochi, Synalpheus mac-cullochi, Synalpheus Theophane
Similar species
- Red-coral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus charon
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).
- 250 open-data records from 1875 to 2014.
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