Scissor prawns
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The shrimp (Stenopodidae) are a family in the suborder Stenopodidea. They stand out due to their striking, often white-red coloration and the large scissor legs, which are always held defensively forward. The large claws do not sit on the first of the five pairs of legs, as with most other decapods , but on the third. The first and second pairs of legs also have scissors, but much smaller ones. Male claw shrimp are smaller than the females.
Scissor shrimp live in pairs in caves and under ledges. They live in all tropical and subtropical seas.
Similar to the cleaner shrimp ( Lysmata ), they clean fish of parasites and dead skin. They first contact the fish customer with their long white antennae and start cleaning when the fish signals its readiness by standing still.
The banded scissors shrimp ( Stenopus hispidus ) was one of the first crustaceans to be imported into Europe for marine aquariums.
Systematics
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Shrimp (Stenopodidae)
- Engystenopus Alcock & Anderson, 1894
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Odontozona Holthuis, 1946
- Odontozona addaia Pretus, 1990
- Odontozona edwardsi (Bouvier, 1908)
- Odontozona inaphorae Manning & Chace, 1990
- Odontozona minioca Dounas & Koukouras, 1989
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Richardina A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
- Richardina fredericii Lo Bianco, 1903
- Richardina spinicincta A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
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Stenopus Latreille, 1819
- Blue-legged shrimp ( S. cyanoscelis ) Goy, 1984
- Banded shrimp ( S. hispidus ) (Olivier, 1811)
- Ghost shrimp ( S. pyrsonotus )
- Mediterranean shrimp ( S. spinosus ) Risso, 1826
- Blue-body shrimp ( S. tenuirostris ) De Man, 1888
- Sanzibar shrimp ( S. zanzibaricus ) Bruce, 1976
literature
- Hans A. Baensch , Helmut Debelius: Mergus Sea Water Atlas Volume 1. Mergus Verlag, Melle 1997, ISBN 3-88244-110-0
- Helmut Debelius: Cancer Guide . Jahr Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-86132-504-7 .
- Andre Luty: Shrimp . In Der MeerwasserAquarianer, specialist magazine for seawater aquaristics, 4/2003, Rüdiger Latka Verlag, ISSN 1432-1505
Web links
- WoRMS (2009). Stenopodidae. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106797 on March 31, 2009
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System Stenopodidae Claus, 1872