Athanas ornithorhynchus Pistol Shrimp

Athanas ornithorhynchusis commonly referred to as Pistol Shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

13263 

AphiaID:

515015 

Scientific:

Athanas ornithorhynchus 

German:

Knallkrebs 

English:

Pistol Shrimp 

Category:

Pistol Shrimps 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Alpheidae (Family) > Athanas (Genus) > ornithorhynchus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Banner & Banner, 1973 

Occurrence:

Arafura Sea, Eastern Indian Ocean, Great Barrier Reef, Marschall Islands, Moluccas, Northern Territory (Australia), Timor Sea, Vietnam, Western Australia 

Sea depth:

16 - 35 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1cm - 2cm) 

Temperature:

77 °F - 80.6 °F (25°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Detritus, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Athanas nitescens
  Kapuzen-Knallkrebs

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Athanas djiboutensis
  Knallkrebs
• 
  Athanas ornithorhynchus
  Knallkrebs
• 
  Athanas parvus
  Knallkrebs
• 
  Athanas sp.01
  Knallkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-09-19 16:28:09 

Last edit:

2020-09-26 18:24:10 

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