Hippolyte coerulescens Cerulean Sargassum Shrimp

Hippolyte coerulescens is commonly referred to as Cerulean Sargassum 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.

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lexID:

18650 

AphiaID:

107508 

Scientific:

Hippolyte coerulescens 

German:

Himmelblaue Sargassumgarnele 

English:

Cerulean Sargassum Shrimp 

Category:

Reker 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Hippolytidae (Family) > Hippolyte (Genus) > coerulescens (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Fabricius, ), 1775 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Alborán Sea (Mediterranean Sea), Angola, Azores, Bay of Biscay, Bermuda, Canada Western Atlantic, European Coasts, Florida, France, Gulf of Mexico, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Labrador Península, Liberia, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, Newfoundland, Nigeria, North Atlantic Ocean, North-West-Atlantic, Northeast Atlantic, Portugal, Sargasso Sea, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, USA 

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:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1,65 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

omnivore 

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 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Hippolyte acuta
• Hippolyte californiensis
• 
  Hippolyte clarki
  Clarks Kelp Garnele, Seegras Garnele
• 
  Hippolyte coerulescens
  Himmelblaue Sargassumgarnele
• Hippolyte edmondsoni
• Hippolyte nicholsoni
• 
  Hippolyte obliquimanus
  Garnele
• Hippolyte pleuracanthus
• 
  Hippolyte varians
  Farbwechselnde Garnele, Chamaeleon Garnele, Variable Seegras Garnele
• 
  Hippolyte ventricosa
  Partnergarnele
• Hippolyte zostericola
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Hippolyte australiensis
  Südliche Seegrasgarnele, Südliche Krautgarnele
• 
  Hippolyte catagrapha
  Haarstern-Partnergarnel, Federstern-Garnele
• 
  Hippolyte commensalis
  Xenia Partnergarnele
• 
  Hippolyte dossena
  Weichkorallen-Garnele
• 
  Hippolyte inermis
  Seegrasgarnele
• 
  Hippolyte prideauxiana
  Haarstern-Garnele, Federstern-Partnergarnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-09-30 14:07:52 

Last edit:

2026-09-30 15:57:40 

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