Latreutes porcinus Kemp, 1916 ‒ Big-nosed Seagrass Shrimp

Species Account

A small, wide-ranging Indo-West Pacific species commonly found in intertidal and subtidal seagrass beds. Actively clings to blades of seagrass. Rostrum extremely deep, plate-like. Body brown with white blotches on the legs, upper mid-line of abdomen with conspicuous white longitudinal band. — John W. Short, 2026

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Colour photograph, 3600 x 2400 pixels (30 x 20 cm @ 300dpi), JPEG (1.96 MB). Photographed specimen collected from Fishermen Island near the mouth of the Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia, John W. Short, June 1998.

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Attribution – John W. Short, BioAccess Australia.