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Scientific Name: Alpheus euphrosyne De Man, 1897
English Name: Nymph snapping shrimp, Green snapping shrimp, Flathead snapping shrimp
Local/Bangla Name: Pinna icha (পিন্না ইচা)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Alpheidae
Description:
The shrimp has a pinkish-red body with green dots. Its large claw is larger than half its body. The carapace is cylindrical in shape. The shrimp has a pistol-like feature that is made of two parts. The “hammer” part can move backward into a right angle position.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
In Bangladesh, it is found in most of the coastal areas, in St. Martins Island and Sundarbans area
Environment:
Marine
Other References:
Ahmed ATA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M (Eds.) (2008) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 18. Part II. Arthropoda: Crustacea. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 226 pp
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