PISTOL SHRIMP OR ALPHEIDAE

       ■  PISTOL SHRIMP OR ALPHEIDAE ■



Alpheidae is a family of caridean snapping shrimp .

Kingdom:-Animalia
Phylum:-Arthropoda
Subphylum:-Crustacea
Class:-Malacostraca
Order:-Decapoda
Infraorder:-Caridea
Superfamily:-Alpheoidea
Family:-Alpheidae

The family is diverse and worldwide in distribution.

The snapping shrimp grows to only 3–5 cm  long.

Some pistol shrimp species share burrows with goby fishes in a mutualistic symbiotic relationship.

More than 620 species are currently recognised in the family Alpheidae.

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