Artificial Reef Field Guide: Heptacarpus brevirostris
Common NameStout Shrimp
Code(s)HEBR
Id Number859
TaxaInvertebrate
MobilityMobile
Colonial / SolitarySolitary
Typical Substrate TypeHard
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.
Species Range
East Pacific
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