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Alpheus rostratus W Kim & Abele, 1988

camarón chasqueador, Snapping shrimp

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Alpheoidea

Family
Alpheidae

Genus
Alpheus

Species
rostratus

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

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"Galapagos Species Database, Alpheus rostratus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12388. Accessed 3 November 2026.