Cuapetes kororensis (Bruce, 1977) is a animal in the Palaemonidae family, order Decapoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cuapetes kororensis (Bruce, 1977)

Cuapetes kororensis (Bruce, 1977)

Cuapetes kororensis, the mushroom coral shrimp, is a Cuapetes genus shrimp widespread across the Western Central Pacific.

Family
Genus
Cuapetes
Order
Decapoda
Class
Malacostraca

About Cuapetes kororensis (Bruce, 1977)

Cuapetes kororensis, commonly known as the mushroom coral shrimp, is a species of shrimp that belongs to the genus Cuapetes. This species has a broad distribution across the Western Central Pacific, with recorded occurrences in Australia (including the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, and the Coral Sea), Bunaken, Indonesia, Lembeh Strait, the Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, the Philippines, the Red Sea, and the broader Indo-Pacific and Western Pacific regions.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Malacostraca Decapoda Palaemonidae Cuapetes

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

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