WHATSTHATFISH
Crustaceans

Long-arm Cleaner Shrimp

Ancylomenes longicarpus

Also known as: Anemone Partner Shrimp, Anemone Shrimp, Carid Shrimp, Commensal Shrimp, Cleaner Shrimp, Red Sea Anemone Shrimp, Periclimenes longicarpus

Adult
@JarJar · Marsa Imbarak & Marsa Shoona, Egypt · October 20141 / 1
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Overview

Found living symbiotically with corals and sea anemones, over coral and rocky reefs.

Often if a divers hand is near to a cleaner shrimps, they will hop on board and perform a manicure!

Carid shrimps occur worldwide in almost every habitat, from sea water to fresh water and can be found all over the reef.
They are generally respected by other creatures, often sharing burrows and holes and working as housekeepers.
They will wave their antennae around to attract customers, they then proceed to clean outside and inside the creatures mouths, gills etc,.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found living symbiotically with corals and sea anemones, over coral and rocky reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumArthropoda
    3. classMalacostraca
    4. orderDecapoda
    5. familyPalaemonidae
    6. genusAncylomenes
    7. speciesAncylomenes longicarpus (Bruce & Svoboda, 1983)

    SourcesWoRMS

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    More in the family

    Shrimps (Palaemonidae)