Trachycaris rugosa Roughback Shrimp, Broken-back Shrimps

Trachycaris rugosa is commonly referred to as Roughback Shrimp, Broken-back Shrimps. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

13742 

AphiaID:

421786 

Scientific:

Trachycaris rugosa 

German:

Garnele 

English:

Roughback Shrimp, Broken-back Shrimps 

Category:

Gamberi 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Hippolytidae (Family) > Trachycaris (Genus) > rugosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Spence Bate, ), 1888 

Occurrence:

Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Columbia, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Martinique, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, USA, West-Atlantic 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:

10 - 190 Meter 

Habitats:

Rocky, hard seabeds, Rubble floors, Stony soils 

Size:

up to 1.18" (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:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Trachycaris restricta
  Garnele
• 
  Trachycaris rugosa
  Garnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2021-03-26 20:01:55 

Last edit:

2025-07-16 19:42:37 

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