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Brownbar snapping shrimp

Alpheus lobidens de Haan, 1849

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The brownbar snapping shrimp (Alpheus lobidens) is a species in the family Alpheidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the brownbar snapping shrimp

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the brownbar snapping shrimp live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the brownbar snapping shrimp as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Israel
  2. Tunisia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the brownbar snapping shrimp endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the brownbar snapping shrimp classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyAlpheidae
  6. genusAlpheus
  7. SpeciesAlpheus lobidens de Haan, 1849

Synonyms Alpheus crassimanus, Alpheus lobidens, Alpheus lobidens lobidens, Alpheus lobidens polynesica, Alpheus polynesicus

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • イソテッポウエビJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the brownbar snapping shrimp

Other species in the same genus Alpheus.

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Common questions

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Is the brownbar snapping shrimp an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the brownbar snapping shrimp as introduced in 2 countries: Israel and Tunisia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the brownbar snapping shrimp?

The brownbar snapping shrimp (Alpheus lobidens) belongs to the family Alpheidae in the order Decapoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brownbar snapping shrimp (Alpheus lobidens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brownbar-snapping-shrimp

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BibTeX
@misc{brownbar_snapping_shrimp_2026,
  title = {Brownbar snapping shrimp (Alpheus lobidens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brownbar-snapping-shrimp},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}