Gnathophyllum americanum Striped bumblebee shrimp, Bumblebee shrimp

Gnathophyllum americanum is commonly referred to as Striped bumblebee shrimp, Bumblebee shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

863 

AphiaID:

107607 

Scientific:

Gnathophyllum americanum 

German:

Gestreifte Harlekingarnele, Hummelgarnele 

English:

Striped Bumblebee Shrimp, Bumblebee Shrimp 

Category:

Gamberi 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Gnathophyllum (Genus) > americanum (Species) 

Initial determination:

Guérin-Méneville, 1855 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Austral Islands, Australia, Canada Eastern Pacific, Central Pazific, Comores, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Eastern Pacific Ocean, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Marquesas Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, The Gulf of Guinea, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, USA, Wallis and Futuna, West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 

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 - 50 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1cm - 2cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

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) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Gnathophyllum americanum
  Gestreifte Harlekingarnele, Hummelgarnele
• 
  Gnathophyllum modestum
  Gepunktete Hummelgarnele
• 
  Gnathophyllum precipuum
  Hawaii Höhlen - Hummelgarnele

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Gnathophyllum circellum
  Hummelgarnele
• 
  Gnathophyllum elegans
  Gepunktete Hummelgarnele
• 
  Gnathophyllum panamense
  Hummelgarnele, Tonnengarnele
• 
  Gnathophyllum taylori
  Taylors Hummelgarnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-19 19:51:40 

Last edit:

2024-05-22 20:14:52 

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