Gnathophyllum elegans (Risso, 1816) is a animal in the Palaemonidae family, order Decapoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Gnathophyllum elegans (Risso, 1816)

Gnathophyllum elegans (Risso, 1816)

Gnathophyllum elegans is a nocturnal shrimp species found in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, with its type specimen from near Nice, France.

Family
Genus
Gnathophyllum
Order
Decapoda
Class
Malacostraca

About Gnathophyllum elegans (Risso, 1816)

Gnathophyllum elegans (Risso, 1816) is a species of shrimp. This species is found in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Its type specimen was collected near Nice, France. Individuals of this species are active at night.

Photo: (c) Dennis Rabeling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Dennis Rabeling · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Malacostraca Decapoda Palaemonidae Gnathophyllum

More from Palaemonidae

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

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