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Bruces Hinge-beak Prawn

Rhynchocinetes brucei

Features

Rostrum hinged and not fixed to head. Distinctive patterning for each of seven related Australian species. To 30 mm.

Notes

On rocky reefs, in crevices and caves and among rubble. Eastern Australia; also Philippines and Hong Kong.

Bruce's Hinge-beak Prawn (Rhynchocinetes brucei)

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