Banded coral shrimp
Amazing fact
A banded coral shrimp can regrow a claw that has broken off.
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A banded coral shrimp can regrow a claw that has broken off.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Banded coral shrimp
- Scientific name
- Stenopus hispidus
- Japanese name
- オトヒメエビ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Stenopodidae
- Genus
- Stenopus
It is widespread on tropical coral reefs around the world; in Japan it is seen along the Pacific coast south of the Boso Peninsula.
A brightly colored shrimp that lives in places such as the shade of rocks on coral reefs.
How the Banded coral shrimp lives
Young shrimp often form pairs and grow together. They also eat injured tissue from fish. Adults usually live in pairs and stay in the same area for long periods. The time between molts varies with diet and temperature.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Range
- Tropical and coral reef regions worldwide and the Pacific coast south of the Boso Peninsula
Where the Banded coral shrimp has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- オトヒメエビ
- 简体中文
- 猬虾
- 繁體中文
- 蝟蝦
- 한국어
- 청소새우
- Español
- Camarón
- Français
- Grande crevette nettoyeuse
- Deutsch
- Gebänderte Scherengarnele
- Português (Brasil)
- Camarão-palhaço
- Italiano
- Gambero pulitore a bande
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — オトヒメエビChecked: 2026-11-04
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Stenopus hispidusChecked: 2026-11-06
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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