Glass Anemone Shrimp (species: Periclimenes brevicarpalis) in Frankland Island Group, QLD (Gaia Guide)
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Periclimenes brevicarpalis
Glass Anemone Shrimp


©Erik Schlögl: Glass Anemone Shrimp (Periclimenes brevicarpalis)

©David Witherall and Louis Ruben: Peacock Tail Anemone Shrimp, Periclimenes brevicarpalis, Normanby Island

©Lyle Vail: Periclimenes brevicarpalis on Actinodendron sp 3 on the reef slope between Bird and South Islands, Lizard Island Group.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Palaemonidae
Genus Periclimenes
Species Periclimenes brevicarpalis

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Distinguishing features

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. (Wikipedia)

Size

  • Up to 2.3 cm (Excluding antennae)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

This species can be found in the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, including Australia. (Wikipedia)

Behaviour

This species lives symbiotically with sea anemones, corals and jelly fish. (Wikipedia)

Web resources

References

  • Duris, Z. and I. Horka (2017). Towards a revision of the genus Periclimenes: resurrection of Ancylocaris Schenkel, 1902, and designation of three new genera (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae), ZooKeys, 646: 25-44. LIRS catalog number 2107.