Periclimenes brevicarpalis

Periclimenes brevicarpalis, the glass anemone shrimp or peacock-tail anemone shrimp, is a species of shrimp belonging to the family Palaemonidae.

Periclimenes brevicarpalis
Periclimenes brevicarpalis in Bunaken, Indonesia
Scientific 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

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.

External links

• WoRMS
• Encyclopedia of Life
• Freshmarine