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Hamodactylus aqabai Soft coral shrimp

Hamodactylus aqabai is commonly referred to as Soft coral shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Hamodactylus aqabai,Romblon Philippines,Soft coral shrimp,size1cm,2018


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lexID:
12047 
AphiaID:
246309 
Scientific:
Hamodactylus aqabai 
German:
Weichkorallen Garnele 
English:
Soft Coral Shrimp 
Category:
Shrimps 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Hamodactylus (Genus) > aqabai (Species) 
Initial determination:
Bruce & Svoboda, 1983 
Occurrence:
Australia, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Jordan, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1 - 40 Meter 
Habitats:
On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.39" - 0.39" (1cm - 1,5cm) 
Temperature:
78.8 °F - 82.4 °F (26°C - 28°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-05-01 19:56:56 

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Hamodactylus aqabai Bruce & Svoboda, 1983

Shrimps from the genus Hamodactylus are usually very small, 1 - 1.5 cm. These animals are highly camouflaged in their host soft corals, usually taking in the colouration and also the markings/patterns of the coral tubercles or polyps.

Hamodactylus aqabai - host Litophyton arboreum and Nephthea sp.

Similar to Hamodactylus paraqabai and Hamodactylus pseudaqabai.

Synonymised names
Hamodactyloides aquabai (misspelling)

External links

  1. Observations upon some Pontoniine Shrimps from Aqaba, Jordan (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Smooth Soft Coral Shrimp,Hamodactylus aqabai Romblon 2022
Smooth Soft Coral Shrimp, Hamodactylus aqabai, Romblon 2022
Hamodactylus aqabai,Romblon Philippines,Soft coral shrimp,size1cm,2018

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