Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835)
Red pistol shrimp
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Family:  Alpheidae (snapping shrimps)
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Environment:  benthic; brackish; marine
Distribution:  Southwest Atlantic, Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: Brazil, Strait of Gibraltar and Piran Gulf.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Found on coarse calcareous bottoms (Ref. 79730).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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