Ancylomenes venustus

Ancylomenes venustus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Ancylomenes
Species: A. venustus
Binomial name
Ancylomenes venustus
(Bruce, 1989) [1]

Ancylomenes venustus, also known as the graceful anemone shrimp, is a species of shrimp which belongs to the family of the Palaemonidae. This species is found in the tropical waters from the centre of the Indo-Pacific biogeographical area. Ancylomenes venustus lives in association with scleractinians[2] and actiniarians (sea anemones) and is a cleaner shrimp.[3]

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