Metabetaeus lohena | |
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A captive specimen. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Alpheidae |
Genus: | Metabetaeus |
Species: | M. lohena
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Binomial name | |
Metabetaeus lohena Banner & Banner, 1960
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Metabetaeus lohena, also known as the alpha snapping shrimp or anchialine snapping shrimp,[1] is a species of alpheid shrimp native to Hawaii[2] and Easter Island.[3]