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Marbled shrimp
Saron marmoratus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 210450, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Marbled shrimp
- Scientific
- Saron marmoratus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Shrimps
- Maximum size
- Up to about 2.2 cm (carapace length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 1 to 17 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The marbled shrimp is a stout shrimp with a marbled green, brown and white body and tufts of hairs. It hides in crevices by day and comes out at night.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=19, 6 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Saron-marmoratus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210450
- inaturalist.org /taxa/121722
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Camarón_marmolado_(Saron_marmoratus),_Anilao,_Filipinas,_20
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.