Neaxius acanthus Mud Shrimp, Ghost Shrimp

Neaxius acanthus is commonly referred to as Mud Shrimp, Ghost Shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3161 

AphiaID:

246352 

Scientific:

Neaxius acanthus 

German:

Säge-Schlammgarnele, Geistergarnele 

English:

Mud Shrimp, Ghost Shrimp 

Category:

Other Crustaceans 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Strahlaxiidae (Family) > Neaxius (Genus) > acanthus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(A. Milne-Edwards, ), 1878 

Occurrence:

Central Atlantic, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Glorieuses or Glorioso Islands , Guam, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia), Réunion , Taiwan, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean 

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:

1 - 26 Meter 

Habitats:

Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 2.36" (6 cm) 

Temperature:

25,2 °F - 29,3 °F (25,2°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Detritus, Sea weed 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Neaxius acanthus
  Säge-Schlammgarnele, Geistergarnele
• Neaxius glyptocercus
• Neaxius vivesi

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Neaxius mclaughlinae
  Säge-Schlammgarnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-05-08 09:49:24 

Last edit:

2025-10-16 12:37:24 

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