Isopontonia platycheles Ghost Shrimp

Isopontonia platycheles is commonly referred to as Ghost 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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lexID:

15781 

AphiaID:

514572 

Scientific:

Isopontonia platycheles 

German:

Geister-Garnele 

English:

Ghost Shrimp 

Category:

Shrimps 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Isopontonia (Genus) > platycheles (Species) 

Initial determination:

Bruce, 1982 

Occurrence:

Bali, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Taiwan, Tulamben 

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:

0 - 6 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 0.39" (1 cm) 

Temperature:

24,7 °F - 29,4 °F (24,7°C - 29,4°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:

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  Isopontonia platycheles
  Geister-Garnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2023-06-02 15:32:02 

Last edit:

2025-06-24 19:59:24 

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