Gnathophylleptum tellei Red Wasp Shrimp, Tell's Sea Star Shrimp, Telle's Harlequin Shrimp

Gnathophylleptum tellei is commonly referred to as Red Wasp Shrimp, Tell's Sea Star Shrimp, Telle's Harlequin 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.

Profile

lexID:

17577 

AphiaID:

240823 

Scientific:

Gnathophylleptum tellei 

German:

Rote Wespengarnele, Tells Seesterngarnele, Telles Harlequin Garnele 

English:

Red Wasp Shrimp, Tell's Sea Star Shrimp, Telle's Harlequin Shrimp 

Category:

Shrimps 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Gnathophylleptum (Genus) > tellei (Species) 

Initial determination:

d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2001 

Occurrence:

Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

4 - 18 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,3cm - 1,2cm) 

Temperature:

64.4 °F - 75.2 °F (18°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory, Starfishs 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Gnathophylleptum tellei
  Rote Wespengarnele, Tells Seesterngarnele, Telles Harlequin Garnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-07-04 15:24:05 

Last edit:

2025-07-04 19:36:37 

Info

Pictures

Commonly

Husbandry know-how of owners