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Crustaceans

Sun Anemone Shrimp

Periclimenes rathbunae

Also known as: Anemone Shrimp, Carid Shrimp, Caribbean Sea Anemone

Adult
@JolineCuracao · Curaçao - Boka Sami, Curaçao · December 20201 / 1
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Overview

Found living with the sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus, and sometimes with Condylactis gigantic, over coral and rocky reefs.
They feed on the mucus and tentacles of its host anemone.

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

Pattern
mottled
Behaviour
cleaner

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Central Pacific, Caribbean
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Found living with the sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus, and sometimes with Condylactis gigantic, over coral and rocky reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumArthropoda
    3. classMalacostraca
    4. orderDecapoda
    5. familyPalaemonidae
    6. genusPericlimenes
    7. speciesPericlimenes rathbunae Schmitt, 1924

    SourcesWoRMSWikipedia

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    More in the family

    Shrimps (Palaemonidae)