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Randall's pistol shrimp
Alpheus randalli
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 514953, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Randall's pistol shrimp
- Scientific
- Alpheus randalli
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Shrimps
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 1 to 5 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small snapping shrimp with red and white bands that shares a burrow with a goby: the shrimp digs and maintains the burrow, while the goby keeps watch for predators.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 3 observers); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Alpheus-randalli.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=514953
- inaturalist.org /taxa/127702
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pistol_Shrimp01.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.