Periclimenes brevicarpalis

Periclimenes brevicarpalis
Periclimenes brevicarpalis in Bunaken, Indonesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Periclimenes
Species:
P. brevicarpalis
Binomial name
Periclimenes brevicarpalis
(Schenkel, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Ancylocaris brevicarpalis Schenkel, 1902
  • Ancylocaris hermitensis (Rathbun)
  • Harpilius latirostris Lenz, 1905
  • Palaemonella aberrans Nobili, 1904
  • Palaemonella amboinensis Zehntner, 1894
  • Periclimenes hermitensis Rathbun, 1914
  • Periclimenes potina Nobili, 1905a

Periclimenes brevicarpalis, the glass anemone shrimp or peacock-tail 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. Females are larger than males 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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