4 photos - 3 species
Alpheus bellulus
Pretty snapping shrimp or Tiger snapping shrimp
Maximum length: 3.5 cm
Beige body with dark green bands and 2 light-coloured transverse bands.
Close to the reef in a sandy tube,
in symbiosis with various partner gobies such as
Steinitz' Partner Goby, Black Partner Goby and Red Sea Partner Goby.
Photo 1 Johnny: Hurghada Egypt
Alpheus rapax
Raptor snapping shrimp
Maximum length: 4 cm
Grey or white body with dark olive bulge.
Inhabits burrows in coarse sand, near coral reefs.
Lives in symbiosis with gobies, mostly Cryptocentrus.
Photo 1 Johnny: Hurghada Egypt
Alpheus rubromaculatus
Red spotted snapping shrimp
Maximum length: 3.5 cm
Its body is cream-coloured and has red spots.
Lives in the sand in burrows with various partner shrimps.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Hurghada Egypt