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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
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