Artificial Reef Field Guide: Heptacarpus brevirostris
Common Name
Stout Shrimp
Code(s)
HEBR
Id Number
859
Taxa
Invertebrate
Mobility
Mobile
Colonial / Solitary
Solitary
Typical Substrate Type
Hard
Species Description
Shrimp - Very short rostrum that extends only to cornea of eye. Color pattern extremely variable, ranging from uniform browns or greens, to various patterns of white mottling or stripes. Size to 62 mm.