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Periclimenes soror |
| Periclimenes cf. imperator. Indo-West and
Central Pacific. To 2 cm. Found on large seastars, nudibranchs and
sea cucumbers. N. Sulawesi images. |
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| Periclimenes inornatus Kemp 1922.
Transparent body with a light copper stripe down the middle. Small
antennal scale. 7-8 spines on rostrum. Indo-West Pacific. East
Africa to Indo., to Micronesia. Usually found on giant anemones
(Stichodactyla, Heteractis). N. Sulawesi image on
Plerogyra. |
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| Periclimenes koroensis Bruce 1977. Small,
but with a conspicuous white head, long chelipeds... antennae,
abdomen often hidden in hosts tentacles (mushrooms, anemones).
Western Pacific; Philippines, Australia, Marshall Islands. To 4 cm.
N. Sulawesi pix in a Euphylliid. |
 
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| Periclimenes longicarpus Red Sea, Arabian
Sea endemic. Usually associated with the Bubble Tip Anemone,
Entacmaea quadricolor, here on a Bubble Coral, Plerogyra
sinuosa and another just off of its anemone (Gyrostoma
helianthus) host, resting on an adjacent Xeniid. There are at
least 45 species of commensal shrimps of the subfamily Pontiinae in
the Red Sea. |
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| Periclimenes magnificus Bruce 1979.
Transparent bodies with four white bands that are made up of white
and red dots. Chelipeds, antennae white, legs reddish. Reportedly
found on Elegance Coral/Catalaphyllia and the anemone
Dolfleina armata. In N. Sulawesi, found on mud bottoms, in
association with Snake Eel species... shown. |
 
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| Ancylomenes (was Periclimenes) pedersoni Chace 1958, the
Caribbean Anemone Shrimp, Pederson's Shrimp. Should always be
kept with Anemone hosts. A great cleaner of fishes, but ships
poorly. Here in a Bartholomea anemone and on a sponge
in the Bahamas |
 
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| Periclimenes psamathe. Tropical Indo-Pacific
on black corals, gorgonians, hydroids, anemones and Corallimorphs.
To two cm. N. Sulawesi (Lembeh Strait) image. Clear bodied with red
lines on abdomen. |
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| Periclimenes sarasvati. Sarasvati Anemone Shrimp.
Purple surrounded marking on the abdominal hump. Lives on an assortment of
anemones and coral species. Bali 2014 |
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| Periclimenes soror Nobili 1904. Similar, but
thinner than P. imperator. Color, markings matching host...
Blue on Linckia stars... Found on other stars: Culcita,
Acanthaster, Choriaster. Indo-trans-Pacific; Red Sea, East
Africa to Hawai'i, Sea of Cortez. Fiji, N. Sulawesi pix... on
Culcita and Choriaster. |
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