Pontophilus spinosus Shrimp

Pontophilus spinosus is commonly referred to as Shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7742 

AphiaID:

107564 

Scientific:

Pontophilus spinosus 

German:

Garnele 

English:

Shrimp 

Category:

Reker 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Crangonidae (Family) > Pontophilus (Genus) > spinosus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Leach, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, Bay of Biscay, East-Atlantic Ocean, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea 

Size:

up to 2.17" (5.5 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Carrion, Detritus, omnivore, Predatory 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

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 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Pontophilus abyssi
• Pontophilus brevirostris
• Pontophilus echinulatus
• Pontophilus fasciatus
• Pontophilus gracilis
• Pontophilus habereri
• Pontophilus modumauensis
• Pontophilus norvegicus
• Pontophilus occidentalis
• Pontophilus orientalis
• 
  Pontophilus spinosus
  Garnele
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-11-29 10:58:21 

Last edit:

2014-11-29 10:58:21 

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