Gnathophyllum circellum Circled Shrimp, Circled Squat Shrimp, Circled Bumblebee Shrimp

Gnathophyllum circellum is commonly referred to as Circled Shrimp, Circled Squat Shrimp, Circled Bumblebee Shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Mickey Charteris, Süd-Afrika

Foto: Roatán, Honduras, Mittelamerika

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lexID:: 13830
AphiaID:: 421679

Scientific:: Gnathophyllum circellum
German:: Kreis-Hummelgarnele
English:: Circled Shrimp, Circled Squat Shrimp, Circled Bumblebee Shrimp

Category:: Shrimps

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Gnathophyllum (Genus) > circellum (Species)
Initial determination:: R.B. Manning, 1963

Occurrence:: Guadeloupe, Bonaire, Brazil, East cost of USA, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Lesser Antilles, Martinique, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Southwest Atlantic, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trindade and Martim Vaz, USA
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0 - 18 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks
Size:: 6,5 cm
Temperature:: °F - 84.2 °F (°C - 29°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Predatory
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown