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Olive snapping shrimp

Alpheus bellimanus Lockington, 1877

Status not recordedcrustaceans

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

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Quick facts about the olive 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 olive snapping shrimp live?

Not recorded

Is the olive 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 olive snapping shrimp classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyAlpheidae
  6. genusAlpheus
  7. SpeciesAlpheus bellimanus Lockington, 1877
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Camarón Mano de GuerraSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the olive snapping shrimp

Other species in the same genus Alpheus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the olive snapping shrimp?

The olive snapping shrimp (Alpheus bellimanus) belongs to the family Alpheidae in the order Decapoda.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Olive snapping shrimp (Alpheus bellimanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/olive-snapping-shrimp

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“Olive snapping shrimp (Alpheus bellimanus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/olive-snapping-shrimp.

BibTeX
@misc{olive_snapping_shrimp_2026,
  title = {Olive snapping shrimp (Alpheus bellimanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/olive-snapping-shrimp},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}