Shrimp, Snails, and Crabs
Bumblebee Shrimp
Gnathophyllum americanum
Photo: Chad Ordelheide · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size2 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Family
- Gnathophyllidae
- Origin
- Tropical Atlantic and Indo-Pacific
- Size
- 2 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Diet
- Carnivore (tubular feet of sea urchins and starfish)
- Reproduction
- planktonic larvae
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: Black and yellow stripes like a bumblebee. It feeds on the tubular feet of sea urchins; it also accepts frozen food.
