Marine
INTERMEDIATE
©AI Generated·ProprietaryAnemone crab
Mithraculus cinctimanus
Water temp22 - 27 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHEcological roleSymbiont
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Marine
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryAnker's Cleaner Shrimp
Lysmata ankeri
Water temp22 - 27 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological roleCleaner
Marine
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryAntillean hermit crab
Clibanarius brasiliensis
Water temp22 - 26 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological roleScavenger
Marine
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryArmed Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus armatus
Water temp22 - 27 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHGH15 - 25 dGHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological roleSymbiont
Marine
INTERMEDIATE
©AI Generated·ProprietaryBanded snapping shrimp
Alpheus armillatus
Water temp22 - 26 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological roleSymbiont
Freshwater
EXPERT
©AI Generated·ProprietaryBee Shrimp
Caridina cantonensis
Water temp20 - 24 °CpH Value5.8 - 6.8 pHGH4 - 6 dGHKH0 - 2 dKHEcological roleScavenger
Marine
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryBigclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus heterochaelis
Water temp20 - 26 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological roleSymbiont
Marine
INTERMEDIATE
©AI Generated·ProprietaryBlue leg hermit crab
Clibanarius tricolor
Water temp24 - 28 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHEcological roleScavenger
Marine
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryBluntclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus amblyonyx
Water temp22 - 28 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological roleSymbiont
Marine
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryBoggess' Peppermint Shrimp
Lysmata boggessi
Water temp22 - 28 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological rolePest control
Marine
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryBouvier's snapping shrimp
Alpheus bouvieri
Water temp22 - 27 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological roleSymbiont
Marine
ADVANCED
©AI Generated·ProprietaryBumblebee Shrimp
Gnathophyllum americanum
Water temp22 - 27 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological roleScavenger
Marine
INTERMEDIATE
©AI Generated·ProprietaryBumblebee shrimp
Gnypthophyllum americanum
Water temp22 - 26 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological roleScavenger
Marine
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryCalifornia clean shrimp
Lysmata californica
Water temp15 - 22 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHEcological rolePest control
Terrestrial
EASY
©AI Generated·Proprietary
Marine
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryCarved Star Snail
Lithopoma caelatum
Water temp22 - 28 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological roleHerbivore
Marine
INTERMEDIATE
©AI Generated·ProprietaryCerith snail
Cerithium caeruleum
Water temp24 - 28 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHEcological roleScavenger
Marine
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryChestnut Turbo Snail
Turbo castanea
Water temp22 - 28 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological roleHerbivore
Marine
ADVANCED
©AI Generated·ProprietaryChristmas tree worm
Spirobranchus giganteus
Water temp22 - 26 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological roleFilter feeder
Marine
INTERMEDIATE
©AI Generated·ProprietaryCondylactis Anemone
Condylactis gigantea
Water temp24 - 28 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHEcological roleSymbiont
Marine
INTERMEDIATE
©AI Generated·ProprietaryCoral banded shrimp
Stenopus hispidus
Water temp24 - 28 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHEcological roleScavenger
Freshwater
INTERMEDIATE
©AI Generated·ProprietaryCPO Dwarf Orange Crayfish
Cambarellus patzcuarensis
Water temp15 - 25 °CpH Value7 - 8 pHGH8 - 15 dGHKH4 - 10 dKHEcological roleScavenger
Marine
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryCrested snapping shrimp
Alpheus cristulifrons
Water temp22 - 28 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological roleSymbiont
BrackishFreshwaterMarine
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryDaggerblade Grass Shrimp
Palaemon pugio
Water temp10 - 28 °CpH Value7.2 - 8.2 pHGH10 - 20 dGHKH6 - 10 dKHEcological roleScavenger
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