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·ProprietaryAreola babylon snail
Babylonia areolata
Water temp22 - 28 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHEcological roleHerbivore
Marine
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryArethusa Hermit Crab
Clibanarius arethusa
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·ProprietaryArrow Crab
Stenorhynchus seticornis
Water temp22 - 27 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological rolePest control
Freshwater
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryAsian apple snail
Pila ampullacea
Water temp20 - 28 °CpH Value7 - 8.4 pHGH6 - 20 dGHKH3 - 15 dKHEcological roleScavenger
Freshwater
INTERMEDIATE
©AI Generated·ProprietaryAssassin snail
Anentome helena
Water temp21 - 27 °CpH Value7 - 8 pHGH6 - 20 dGHKH5 - 22 dKHEcological roleScavenger
BrackishMarine
INTERMEDIATE
©AI Generated·ProprietaryAtlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab
Minuca pugnax
Water temp15 - 25 °CpH Value7.5 - 8.2 pHKH6 - 10 dKHEcological roleScavenger
Marine
INTERMEDIATE
©AI Generated·ProprietaryBanded snapping shrimp
Alpheus armillatus
Water temp22 - 26 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological roleSymbiont
Marine
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryBigclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus heterochaelis
Water temp20 - 26 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological roleSymbiont
Freshwater
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryBladder snail
Physella acuta
Water temp20 - 28 °CpH Value7 - 8.4 pHGH6 - 20 dGHKH3 - 15 dKHEcological roleScavenger
Freshwater
ADVANCED
©AI Generated·ProprietaryBlue Bolt Shrimp
Caridina cantonensis var. Blue Bolt
Water temp18 - 23 °CpH Value5.5 - 6 pHGH4 - 5 dGHKH0 dKHEcological roleScavenger
Marine
INTERMEDIATE
©AI Generated·ProprietaryBlue leg hermit crab
Clibanarius tricolor
Water temp24 - 28 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHEcological roleScavenger
Freshwater
EXPERT
©AI Generated·ProprietaryBlue leg Poso shrimp
Caridina caerulea
Water temp26 - 29 °CpH Value7.5 - 8.5 pHGH4 - 10 dGHKH5 - 7 dKHEcological roleScavenger
Marine
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryBlue-stripe Hermit Crab
Clibanarius merguiensis
Water temp22 - 27 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHKH8 - 12 dKHEcological roleScavenger
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
BrackishMarine
INTERMEDIATE
©AI Generated·ProprietaryBrackish mud snail
Batillaria zonalis
Water temp15 - 28 °CpH Value7 - 8.5 pHKH3 - 15 dKHEcological roleScavenger
Marine
EASY
©AI Generated·ProprietaryCalifornia clean shrimp
Lysmata californica
Water temp15 - 22 °CpH Value8.1 - 8.4 pHEcological rolePest control
Freshwater
EXPERT
©AI Generated·ProprietaryCardinal shrimp
Caridina dennerli
Water temp26 - 30 °CpH Value7.8 - 8.5 pHGH4 - 8 dGHKH2 - 6 dKHEcological roleScavenger
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
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