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Thor spinosus Thor spinosus

Thor spinosus is commonly referred to as Thor spinosus. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. Damaris Torres-Pulliza, Hawaii


Courtesy of the author Dr. Damaris Torres-Pulliza, Hawaii . Please visit www.hawaiisfishes.com for more information.

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lexID:
15313 
AphiaID:
515349 
Scientific:
Thor spinosus 
German:
Hohlkreuzgarnele 
English:
Thor Spinosus 
Category:
Gamberi 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Thoridae (Family) > Thor (Genus) > spinosus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Boone, 1935 
Occurrence:
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Arabian Sea, Australia, Bali, Celebes Sea, Chile, East Africa, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Eastern Indian Ocean, Eastern Pacific Ocean, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, New Caledonia, the Seychelles, West Coast USA, Western Australia, Western Indian 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:
0 - 60 Meter 
Size:
up to 0.79" (2 cm) 
Temperature:
75.74 °F - 82.76 °F (24.3°C - 28.2°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-10-28 18:46:33 

Info

Thor spinosus is probably more widespread than previously indicated in various technical papers, but we could not find confirmation of an occurrence in French Polynesia, as also listed.

O'ahu diver Damaris Torres-Pulliza found two of these tiny shrimp inhabiting a crevice in a coral head of a Porites lobata and was able to visit them several times.
One was shrimp was slightly smaller than the other.
Damaris Torres-Pulliz sent her photos to shrimp specialist Dr. Charles Fransen in the Netherlands, he confirmed the ID.
He also mentioned that he knew of only one other photo of this species, so Dama's photo of this beautiful shrimp is probably pretty rare too!

The specimen in the photo seems to be about 2 cm long.

Thor spinosus seems to live commensally with some stony corals, these include Porites lobata as well as Millepora tenera.

Many of the species of commensal shrimp are small or cryptically colored and can be easily overlooked unless specifically sought.
Thor species also associated with corals include Thor amboinensis.

We sincerely thank Damaris Torres-Pulliz for the first photo of Thor spinosus from Hawaiii.

External links

  1. Coral Reef Caridea and Commensalism (en). Abgerufen am 28.10.2022.
  2. CRUSTACEA DECAPODA AND STOMATOPODA OF EASTER ISLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS. A DOCUMENTED CHECKLIST WITH HISTORICAL OVERVIEW AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC COMMENTS (en). Abgerufen am 28.10.2022.
  3. Key to the Hippolytid Shrimp of the Eastern Pacific Ocean (en). Abgerufen am 28.10.2022.
  4. Report on a Small Collection of Shrimps from the Kenya National Marine Parks at Malindi, with Notes on Selected Species. (en). Abgerufen am 28.10.2022.
  5. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 28.10.2022.
  6. Some interesting shrimps not in Hawaii's Sea Creatures (en). Abgerufen am 28.10.2022.

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