Tiger+Pistol+Shrimp

Tiger Pistol Shrimp The tiger pistol shrimp. It’s a small animal that lives in the ocean and it has one large pincher and two long thin antenna. This animal is in the Alpheidae family. Other animals in this family are the mantis shrimp, Alpheid shrimp, and pistol shrimp. These shrimp move by either crawling across the ocean floor or swimming throughout the ocean waters. They get food by stunning their prey with their large pincher and then dragging the prey into their tunnel. They usually eat other shrimp or small crabs. These shrimp can lay up to 200 or 300 eggs at a time. After they hatch they go through four metamorphoses until they become adults (or spawners). They can grow to be about 1-2 inches long. Three adaptations that pistol shrimp have gained are that the pistol shrimp has a symbiotic relationship with the goby fish. The goby, having better vision then the pistol shrimp, alerts the pistol shrimp when there is danger. The second adaptation is that the pistol shrimp has a special pincher which allows it to stun and sometimes kill prey from a distance. This claw cocks back when prey is near and then releases a bubble that goes about 60 mph. when the bubble collapses it momentarily reaches the around the temperature of the sun’s surface. It also releases light and a very loud sonic snap sound. So when the pistol shrimp attacks prey it shoots a bubble that releases light, sound, and heat that stuns the prey and can even kill it. The male and female are almost exactly the same except that the female has an undercarriage below her body and she is slightly wider than the male. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthopoda Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Family: Alpheidae Genus: Alpheus Species: Bellulus





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