Gnathophyllum americanum

Taxobox | name = Striped bumblebee shrimp
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
infraordo = Caridea
familia = Gnathophyllidae
genus = "Gnathophyllum"
species = "G. americanum"
binomial = "Gnathophyllum americanum"
binomial_authority = Guérin-Méneville, 1855

"Gnathophyllum americanum", commonly known as the "striped bumblebee shrimp," is a species of shrimp that is common throughout tropical lagoons, bays, and reefs. Similar in coloration to a brightly-coloured bumblebee, with blue highlights, the striped bumblebee shrimp can grow up to convert|1|in|mm in length [cite web |url=http://www.edge-of-reef.com/macruri/MACGnathophyllumamericanumen.htm |title=Striped bumblebee shrimp, "Gnathophyllum americanum" |author=Massimo Boyer |work=Life at the Edge of the Reef |accessdate=2007-08-27] .

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