?Tiger pistol shrimp
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Infraorder: Caridea Family: Alpheidae Genus: Alpheus Species: A. bellulus
Binomial name
Alpheus bellulus Miya & Miyake, 1969

The tiger pistol shrimp (Alpheus bellulus) is a species of snapping shrimp also called symbiosis shrimp. The body is tan with rust-colored broken stripes running across the back. They have two claws: a pincher and snapper. The snapper can deliver a strong blast of water jet that can stun their prey. It is native to tropical waters, including Baja California. Image File history File linksMetadata Gobie_and_Shrimp. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - spiders,scorpions, etc. ... Classes & Subclasses Branchiopoda Phyllopoda Sarsostraca Remipedia Cephalocarida Maxillopoda Thecostraca Tantulocarida Branchiura Pentastomida Mystacocarida Copepoda Ostracoda Myodocopa Podocopa Malacostraca Phyllocarida Hoplocarida Eumalacostraca The crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods (55,000 species), usually treated as a subphylum [1]. They include organisms such as lobsters, crabs, shrimp and barnacles. ... Subclasses Eumalacostraca Hoplocarida Phyllocarida See text for orders. ... Suborders and Infraorders Dendrobranchiata Pleocyemata Caridea Stenopodidea Reptantia, comprising: Eryonoidea Achelata Astacidea Glypheidea Thalassinidea Anomala Brachyura The decapods or Decapoda are a group of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups of crustaceans, such as crabs, lobsters and shrimp, but also some families that are less well known. ... Superfamilies Alpheoidea Atyoidea Bresilioidea Campylonotoidea Crangonoidea Galatheacaridoidea Nematocarcinoidea Oplophoroidea Palaemonoidea Pandaloidea Pasiphaeoidea Physetocaridoidea Procaridoidea Processoidea Psalidopodoidea Stylodactyloidea True shrimp are small, swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. ... Genera Alpheopsis Alpheus Athanas Automate Bannereus Betaeus Deioneus Leptalpheus Metabetaeus Potamalpheops Pterocaris Salmoneus Synalpheus Yagerocaris Snapping shrimps (family Alpheidae) are a taxon of caridean shrimp that typically have large claws. ... Species See text. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Binomial name Alpheus bellulus , Tiger pistol shrimp (Alpheus bellulus) is a type of shrimp, also called Symbiosis Shrimp, or Snapping Shrimp. ... Baja California (literally lower California in Spanish) is the northernmost state of Mexico. ...

The name "symbiosis shrimp" comes from the mutually beneficial relationship the shrimp has with gobies (e.g. Amblyeleotris and Stonogobiops). The goby, with better eyesight, warns the shrimp of predators, and the shrimp shares its food with the goby. Common Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) in their Magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica) home. ... Subfamilies Amblyopinae Gobiinae Gobionellinae Oxudercinae Sicydiinae See also list of Gobiidae genera The gobies form the family Gobiidae, which is one of the largest families of fish, with more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. ...

Pistol shrimp are monogamous and possibly the only eusocial marine animal. Living in sponges, they show high degrees of inbreeding. As eusocial animals, these shrimps have a division of labor. For example, queen castes are protected by "soldier" castes. Soldier castes, which are larger in size are more likely to attack intruders (pistol shrimps of another colony) than smaller, non-soldier castes. Monogamy is the custom or condition of having only one mate during a period of time. ... Eusociality is the phenomenon of reproductive specialisation found in some species of animal, whereby a specialised caste carries out reproduction in a colony of non-reproductive animals. ... Inbreeding is breeding between close relatives, whether plant or animal. ...