Michaelimenes wirtzi Black Coral Shrimp

Michaelimenes wirtzi is commonly referred to as Black Coral Shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Facile. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

9288 

AphiaID:

1698694 

Scientific:

Michaelimenes wirtzi 

German:

Garnele 

English:

Black Coral Shrimp 

Category:

Gamberi 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Michaelimenes (Genus) > wirtzi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(d'Udekem d'Acoz, ), 1996 

Occurrence:

Azores, European Coasts, Iceland, Madeira, the Canary Islands 

Sea depth:

30 - 40 Meter 

Size:

up to 1.18" (3 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Flakes, Frozen food (small sorts) 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

Facile 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Michaelimenes wirtzi
  Garnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-02-11 09:45:10 

Last edit:

2024-05-04 19:22:02 

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