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Coral snapping shrimp
Alpheus lottini
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 210544, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Coral snapping shrimp
- Scientific
- Alpheus lottini
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Shrimps
- Maximum size
- Up to about 2.7 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 60 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A snapping shrimp that lives among the branches of Pocillopora corals, often in pairs. It snaps its large claw to make a loud click and helps to keep the coral clean.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=12); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=16, 6 observers); literature records via OBIS.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Alpheus-lottini.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210544
- inaturalist.org /taxa/121979
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Alpheus_lottini_Landaagiraavaru.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.