Rhynchocinetes uritai
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| Common Name | |
| Hingebeak Shrimp | |
| Binomial Name | |
| Rhynchocinetes uritai | |
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| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Rhynchocinetidae |
| Genus: | Rhynchocinetes |
| Species: | uritai |
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Common Names
- Hingebeak Shrimp
- Camel Shrimp
- Dancing Shrimp
Characteristics
Description
This family of small shrimp Rhynchocinetidae typically have a red and white striped body . This family typically have an upward-hinged folded rostrum which gives rise to the taxon name Rhynchocinetidae which means 'moveable beak'.
Similar Species
Maximum Size
Up to 50mm.
Behaviour
Notes about what they do, how they interact with others, different species etc.
Captive Care
Tank Size
The size of tank suitable for it, including reasoning behind this judgement.
Water Flow
Type and amount of water flow suitable for it.
Feeding
Carnivore. Likes meaty foods and detritus
Growth Rate
Will grow quickly in the right conditions.
Diseases
Things that adversely effect it, such as bacterial infections, parasites etc.
Other
Can be kept singly but will gather in social groups.
Gallery
Compatability
Fish
These shrimp should not be housed with any fish or other organism that will eat crustaceans
Coral
Will apparently eat zoanthid species.
Invertebrate
Is it compatible with other invertebrates such as molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms?
Reproduction
How it reproduces, how suitable it is to breeding or captive propagation, techniques on how to etc.
Local Ecology
Distribution
Which oceans and reefs it is found.
Habitat
Where it is found on the natural reefs, the reef zone.
Additional Information
Some additional notes on it that don't fit in the above sections.
Resources
- Link to Fishbase or other appropriate website with further details
- Link to online magazine articles dealing with this species, genus, or family.
- Details of book or journal article with information on it.
