Rhynchocinetidae

Rhynchocinetes sp.

The dancing shrimp ( Rhynchocinetidae ) worldwide live in sub-tropical and tropical seas. The approximately 12 species are divided into two genera Cinetorhynchus and Rhynchocinetes.

Description

The dance of the shrimp family includes medium-sized, often striking red and white striped shrimp. This pattern solves the body shape optically and thus contributes to camouflage the animals. Male dancing shrimp often have enlarged scissors on the first pair of legs.

Dance shrimp often live in large groups under overhangs and in dark columns. Dancing shrimp are omnivorous but prefer animal food. You like to eat various invertebrates.

Dancing shrimp are kept because of their pretty coloring in aquariums, eat there, but can also be on different corals.

Species

  • Cinetorhynchus Holthuis, 1995 Cinetorhynchus concolor Okuno, 1996
  • Cinetorhynchus fasciatus Okuno and Tachikawa, 1997
  • Cinetorhynchus hawaiiensis Okuno and JP Hoover, 1998
  • Cinetorhynchus hendersoni ( Kemp, 1925)
  • Cinetorhynchus hiatti ( Holthuis and Hayashi, 1967)
  • Cinetorhynchus manningi Okuno, 1996
  • Cinetorhynchus reticulatus Okuno, 1997
  • Cinetorhynchus rigens ( Gordon, 1936)
  • Durban Tanzgarnele Rhynchocinetes durbanensis Gordon, 1936
  • Rhynchocinetes rathbunae Okuno, 1996
  • Rhynchocinetes serratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
  • Rhynchocinetes typus H. Milne -Edwards

Swell

  • Hans A. Baensch, Helmut Debelius: Mergus seawater Atlas Volume 1 Mergus Verlag, Melle 1997, ISBN 3-88244-110-0
  • IT'S Rhynchocinetidae
Pleocyemata Genus
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