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Metapontonia scorpio Spotted Scorpion Shrimp

Metapontonia scorpio is commonly referred to as Spotted Scorpion 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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Spotted Scorpion Shrimp,Metapontonia scorpio, Romblon 2022


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lexID:
15468 
AphiaID:
884348 
Scientific:
Metapontonia scorpio 
German:
Gepunktete Korallen-Garnele, Gepunktete Skorpion-Garnele 
English:
Spotted Scorpion Shrimp 
Category:
Shrimps 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Metapontonia (Genus) > scorpio (Species) 
Initial determination:
Ďuriš & Lin, 2016 
Occurrence:
New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
- 19 Meter 
Size:
0,3 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°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:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-10-10 13:52:45 

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Metapontonia scorpio Ďuriš & Lin, 2016

The species name "scorpio" = scorpion refer on the ability of Metapontonia scorpio to overturn the posterior pleonites in a manner resembling the typical body posture of scorpions.

Host: Diploastrea heliopora

Similar: The present Metapontonia scorpio is distinctly smaller than Metapontonia fungiacola, with the body and appendages stouter.

External links

  1. The ' scorpion shrimp', a new species of the genus Metapontonia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from Taiwan, with new generic record from Papua New Guinea (en). Abgerufen am 29.12.2022.
  2. the-three-p.com (en). Abgerufen am 20.11.2023.
  3. treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 28.12.2022.

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Spotted Scorpion Shrimp,Metapontonia scorpio, Romblon 2022
Spotted Scorpion Shrimp,Metapontonia scorpio, Romblon 2022
Spotted Scorpion Shrimp,Metapontonia scorpio, Romblon 2022

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