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    within the genus Synalpheus. Over 160 species are recognised in the genus Synalpheus. For a complete listing, see List of Synalpheus species. In the narrower...
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  • Synalpheus brooksi, Synalpheus chacei, Synalpheus elizabethae, Synalpheus filidigitus, Synalpheus microneptunus and Synalpheus rathbunae. Synalpheus regalis...
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    Synalpheus pinkfloydi, the Pink Floyd pistol shrimp, is a species of snapping shrimp in the genus Synalpheus. Described in 2017, it was named after the...
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    habitats. Eusocial behavior has been discovered in the genus Synalpheus. The species Synalpheus regalis lives inside sponges in colonies that can number over...
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  • genus Synalpheus: Synalpheus africanus Crosnier & Forest, 1965 Synalpheus agelas Pequegnat & Heard, 1979 Synalpheus albatrossi Coutière, 1909 Synalpheus amabilis...
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  • individuals, usually with only a single breeding female. Synalpheus microneptunus belongs to the genus Synalpheus of the snapping shrimp family, Alpheidae. It was...
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  • Synalpheus carpenteri is a species of sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp described in 2006 from specimens collected from the Belizean Barrier Reef of the...
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    the naked mole-rat and the Damaraland mole-rat. Some shrimps, such as Synalpheus regalis, are eusocial. E. O. Wilson and others have made the claim that...
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    arisen among some crustaceans that live in groups in a restricted area. Synalpheus regalis are snapping shrimp that rely on fortress defense. They live in...
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    Shrimps of the genus Synalpheus form colonies in sponges, and each shrimp species inhabits a different sponge species, making Synalpheus one of the most diverse...
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