Cinetorhynchus rigens Atlantic Dancing Shrimp, Mechanical Shrimp,Red Night Shrimp

Cinetorhynchus rigens is commonly referred to as Atlantic Dancing Shrimp, Mechanical Shrimp,Red Night Shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9794 

AphiaID:

107577 

Scientific:

Cinetorhynchus rigens 

German:

Atlantische Tanzgarnele 

English:

Atlantic Dancing Shrimp, Mechanical Shrimp,Red Night Shrimp 

Category:

Räkor 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Rhynchocinetidae (Family) > Cinetorhynchus (Genus) > rigens (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gordon, ), 1936 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Antigua and Barbuda, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Azores, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada Eastern Pacific, Costa Rica, European Coasts, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Madeira, Martinique, North Atlantic Ocean, Philippines, South Atlantic, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

1 - 10 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Coral reefs, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 3.15" (8 cm) 

Temperature:

22,8 °F - 25,9 °F (22,8°C - 25,9°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus, Invertebrates, No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Cinetorhynchus concolor
  Orangefarbene Tanzgarnele
• 
  Cinetorhynchus fasciatus
  Gebänderte Tanzgarnele
• 
  Cinetorhynchus hawaiiensis
  Hawaii Tanzgarnele
• 
  Cinetorhynchus hendersoni
  Hendersons Putzergarnele
• 
  Cinetorhynchus hiatti
  Tanzgarnele
• 
  Cinetorhynchus manningi
  Riesentanzgarnele, Rot Nachtgarnele
• 
  Cinetorhynchus reticulatus
  Genetzte Tanzgarnele, Grünaugen-Tanzgarnele
• 
  Cinetorhynchus rigens
  Atlantische Tanzgarnele

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cinetorhynchus erythrostictus
  Tanzgarnele
• 
  Cinetorhynchus gabonensis
  Gabun-Tanzgarnele
• 
  Cinetorhynchus sp.
  Tanzgartnele
• 
  Cinetorhynchus striatus
  Gestreifte Tanzgarnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-06-26 14:11:49 

Last edit:

2025-09-28 20:29:07 

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