Michael Eisenbart
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Rhynchocinetes typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Rhynchocinetes typus is lives mainly in rocky coral reefs, where it can find enough retreats from predators, this includes holes and crevices in the reef rock on caves.
The shrimp feeds mainly carnivorous, but does not disdain vegetable food like algae.
It has been observed that Rhynchocinetes typus can limit the spread of the invasive tube sea squirt (Ciona intestinalis) and is also used in Chilean scallop aquaculture as it also removes the sea squirt Pyura chilensis from scallop grow-out nets, the results of this insertion led to a significant decrease in scallop mortality of up to 50%.
Larval rearing of the dancing shrimp was already successfully carried out in the laboratory in 2008, with the larger larvae being fed Artemia franciscana.
However, Rhynchocinetes typus is not suitable for tropical warm seawater aquaria.
Males and females can be distinguished from each other by comparing the claws of the animals, the claws of the males are larger than those of the females.
Synonymised names
Rhynchocinetes typicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Rhynchocinetes typus is lives mainly in rocky coral reefs, where it can find enough retreats from predators, this includes holes and crevices in the reef rock on caves.
The shrimp feeds mainly carnivorous, but does not disdain vegetable food like algae.
It has been observed that Rhynchocinetes typus can limit the spread of the invasive tube sea squirt (Ciona intestinalis) and is also used in Chilean scallop aquaculture as it also removes the sea squirt Pyura chilensis from scallop grow-out nets, the results of this insertion led to a significant decrease in scallop mortality of up to 50%.
Larval rearing of the dancing shrimp was already successfully carried out in the laboratory in 2008, with the larger larvae being fed Artemia franciscana.
However, Rhynchocinetes typus is not suitable for tropical warm seawater aquaria.
Males and females can be distinguished from each other by comparing the claws of the animals, the claws of the males are larger than those of the females.
Synonymised names
Rhynchocinetes typicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
