Invertebrate
Pistol Shrimp
Cavitation snapper of reef burrows
Family Alpheidae
Alpheidae is a taxonomic family in the order Decapoda, class Malacostraca. Global Animal Guide profiles one of its members: Pistol Shrimp.
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