| Periclimenes sagittifer | |
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| Periclimenes sagittifer | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Periclimenes |
| Species: | Periclimenes sagittifer |
Periclimenes sagittifer is a crustacean first described by Norman 1861. Periclimenes sagittifer included in the family Palaemonidae. No subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life.
A transparent body except for the typical violet arrow on the abdomen, the legs have coloring of yellow and blue alternately, and the tail is characterized by a blue arrow. Up to 25 mm [ citation needed ]. They live in symbiosis with sea anemones such snakelocks anemone (Anemonia sulcata), Aiptasia mutabilis, Cribrinopsis crass and Condylactis aurantiaca, feeding on the detritus.
Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Mediterranean Sea [citation needed].