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Allopontonia brockii Fire Urchin Shrimp, Brook's urchin shrimp

Allopontonia brockii is commonly referred to as Fire Urchin Shrimp, Brook's urchin shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Brook's Urchin Shrimp - Allopontonia brockii, Phillipines 2020


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lexID:
12245 
AphiaID:
514476 
Scientific:
Allopontonia brockii 
German:
Feuerseeigel-Garnele, Brook's Seeigel-Garnele 
English:
Fire Urchin Shrimp, Brook's Urchin Shrimp 
Category:
Gamberi 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Allopontonia (Genus) > brockii (Species) 
Initial determination:
(de Man, ), 1888 
Occurrence:
Australia, Banda Sea, East Africa, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Kenya, Moluccas, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Tansania, Western Indian Ocean 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
up to 0.39" (1 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
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:
2023-11-15 11:17:39 

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Allopontonia brockii (de Man, 1888)

It is a commensal species on sea urchins genus Salmaciella, Salmacis, Asthenosoma oder Pseudoboletiana. $alt can usually be observed on Asthenosoma varium (fire sea urchin), hence the name fire urchin shrimp.

Very similar to the Crinoid Squat Lobster - Allogalathea elegans.

Synonymised names:
Allopontonia iaini Bruce, 1972 (synonym)
Anchistia brockii de Man, 1888
Periclimenes (Periclimenes) signatus Kemp, 1925
Periclimenes priodactylus Bruce, 1992

External links

  1. treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 15.11.2023.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. YouTube (en). Abgerufen am 18.10.2023.

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Allopontonia iani (Fire Urchin Shrimp) - Anilao, Philippines-1, 2011
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Brook's Urchin Shrimp - Allopontonia brockii, Phillipines 2020
Allopontonia iani (Fire Urchin Shrimp) - Anilao, Philippines-2, 2011

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