Periclimenes brevicarpalis
| Periclimenes brevicarpalis | |
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| Periclimenes brevicarpalis in Bunaken, Indonesia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Periclimenes |
| Species: | P. brevicarpalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Periclimenes brevicarpalis (Schenkel, 1902) | |
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Periclimenes brevicarpalis, the Glass Anemone Shrimp, is a species of shrimp belonging to the family Palaemonidae.
Description
Periclimenes brevicarpalis can reach a length of 0.5 to 1.0 inch. The body is almost transparent, with some white spots over carapace and tail and orange spots outlined in black over the caudal fin. Males are larger than females and have more white spots. This species lives symbiotically with sea anemones, corals and jelly fish.
Distribution
This species can be found in the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, including Australia.
References
- Bruce, A.J., 1976e. A report on some pontoniid shrimps collected from the Seychelles Islands by the F.R.V. Manihine, 1972, with a review of the Seychelles pontoniid shrimp fauna.— Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 59: 89-153.
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