Tiger pistol shrimp

Alpheus bellulus
A. bellulus and Cryptocentrus cinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Alpheidae
Genus:	Alpheus
Species:	A. bellulus
Binomial name
Alpheus bellulus Miya & Miyake, 1969

The tiger pistol shrimp, Alpheus bellulus, is a species of snapping shrimp. It lives in symbiosis with gobies such as species of Amblyeleotris and Cryptocentrus.^[1] It is also one of the loudest creatures on earth as the tiger pistol shrimp can emit a sound up to 200 decibels which it uses to stun its prey.

References

1. ^ John E. Randall & John P. Hoover (1995). "Gobiidae". Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 325, 326, 333. ISBN 9780824818081. 

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