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Periclimenes

Periclimenes
Emperor Shrimp - Periclimenes imperator.jpg
Periclimenes imperator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Periclimenes
Costa, 1844 
Type species
Periclimenes amethysteus
(Risso, 1827) 

The genus Periclimenes contains a large number of species of shrimp that live symbiotically with larger animals, most commonly sea anemones, although some corals, sea stars, sea cucumbers. In the case of the imperial shrimp, P. imperator, the Spanish dancer sea slug, Hexabranchus sanguineus, is often the preferred host.

The genus contains the following species:


Periclimenes imperator on a sea cucumber

Periclimenes colemani on an Asthenosoma varium.

Periclimenes soror on a pillow starfish Culcita schmideliana.

Periclimenes pedersoni

Periclimenes magnificus

Periclimenes imperator

Periclimenes holthuisi.

Periclimenes sagittifer.

Periclimenes tenuipes.

Periclimenes tosaensis

Periclimenes yucatanicus.



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