''Gnathophyllum americanum'', commonly known as the striped bumblebee shrimp, is a species of
shrimp that is common throughout tropical
lagoon
A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') ...
s,
bays, and
reef
A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral or similar relatively stable material, lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result from natural, abiotic processes— deposition of sand, wave erosion planing down rock o ...
s. Similar in coloration to a brightly coloured
bumblebee
A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus ''Bombus'', part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct related genera ...
, with blue highlights, the striped bumblebee shrimp can grow up to in length.
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Palaemonoidea
Crustaceans described in 1855
Pantropical fauna
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