Gnathophyllum americanum

Author
Guérin-Menéville, 1855
Common Names
  • Bumblebee Shrimp
  • Zebra Shrimp

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Gnathophyllum americanum
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HRI-UNAM-BDMY
1
Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
50 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Bermuda, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, east Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Pacific region
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • hard substrate
  • emergent vegetation
  • coral reef
Microhabitat
  • coral
  • rock
  • reef platform
References

  • Álvarez, F., J. L. Villalobos, Y. Rojas, and R. Robles. 1999. Listas y comentarios sobre los crustáceos decápodos de Veracruz, México. Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 70: 1–27.

  • Chace, F. A., Jr. 1972. The shrimps of the Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expeditions with a summary of West Indian shallow-water species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Natantia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 98: 1–179.

  • Hernández-Aguilera, J. L., R. E. Toral Almazán, and J. A. Ruiz Nuño. 1996. Especies catalogadas de crustaceos estomatopodos y decapodos para el Golfo de México, Rio Bravo, Tamps. a Progreso, Yuc. Conabio, Dirección de Oceanografia, Secretaría de Marina, México.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Felder, D. L., F. Álvarez, J. W. Goy, and R. Lemaitre. 2009. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea, Pp. 1019–1104 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-10-2024.

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