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].