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Family Palaemonidae

Rapipontonia galene

(Holthuis, 1952)

Hydroid Shrimp

Likely Reef Tank Suitable

Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean

Natural Environment: Inhabits various coral reef environments, mainly living with hydroids.

Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home aquarium trade.

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Arthropoda

    Class: Malacostraca

    Order: Decapoda

    Family: Palaemonidae

    Genus: Rapipontonia

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

Depends upon the cleaning process for its food.

 Rapipontonia galene (Hydroid Shrimp)
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