Microprosthema validum Robust Boxer Shrimp

Microprosthema validum is commonly referred to as Robust Boxer 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:

14337 

AphiaID:

514167 

Scientific:

Microprosthema validum 

German:

Robuste Boxer-Garnele 

English:

Robust Boxer Shrimp 

Category:

Gamberi 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Spongicolidae (Family) > Microprosthema (Genus) > validum (Species) 

Initial determination:

Stimpson, 1860 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Arabian Sea, China, India, Iran, Marschall Islands, New Caledonia, Pakistan 

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 - 3 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1,2cm - 2,5cm) 

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:

• Microprosthema looense
• Microprosthema manningi
• 
  Microprosthema semilaeve
  Purpurrote Lima-Garnele

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Microprosthema plumicorne
  Feder-Garnele
• 
  Microprosthema sp.01
  Robuste Boxer Garnele
• 
  Microprosthema validum
  Robuste Boxer-Garnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2021-12-28 14:18:08 

Last edit:

2025-12-21 20:16:15 

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