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Crustaceans

Pederson Cleaner Shrimp

Ancylomenes pedersoni

Also known as: Anemone Shrimp, Caribbean Anemone Shrimp, Carid Shrimp, Cleaner Shrimp, Commensal Shrimp, Pederson's Shrimp, Symbiotic Cleaner Shrimp

Adult
@fishx6 · bonaire Dive site Oil Slick, Caribbean Netherlands · November 20101 / 5
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Overview

Found living in colonies, in a symbiotic relationship with several sea anemones, waving their antennae and swaying their bodies, to attract fish or "fingers" to clean.

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 · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found living in colonies, in a symbiotic relationship with several sea anemones, waving their antennae and swaying their bodies, to attract fish or "fingers" to clean.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumArthropoda
    3. classMalacostraca
    4. orderDecapoda
    5. familyPalaemonidae
    6. genusAncylomenes
    7. speciesAncylomenes pedersoni (Chace, 1958)

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    More in the family

    Shrimps (Palaemonidae)