Alope spinifrons (H.Milne Edwards, 1837) is a animal in the Hippolytidae family, order Decapoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Alope spinifrons (H.Milne Edwards, 1837)

Alope spinifrons is a broken-back shrimp species in the family Hippolytidae that is widely distributed in New Zealand.

Family

Hippolytidae

Genus

Alope

Order

Decapoda

Class

Malacostraca

About Alope spinifrons (H.Milne Edwards, 1837)

Alope spinifrons is a species of shrimp that belongs to the family Hippolytidae, which is commonly known as the broken-back shrimps. This species has a wide distribution across New Zealand.

Photo: (c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Luca Davenport-Thomas · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Hippolytidae › Alope

More from Hippolytidae

Alope orientalis (De Man, 1890)

Saron marmoratus (Olivier, 1811)

Hippolyte varians Leach, 1814

Tozeuma carolinense Kingsley, 1878

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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