Boxing Shrimps: Genus Stenopus

Banded Coral Shrimp, Stenopus hispidus, in classic upside-down pose. Image: Scott W. Michael

THE ENIGMATIC BOXING SHRIMPGENUS STENOPUS

Crustaceans in the Shadows

by Scott W. Michael

CORAL MagazineSeptember/October 2020

References 

Ajendran, R., Saini, M. Dua, S., Saini, D., Kumar, D., Yadav, P.S. and Sleokar, N.L…

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