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Animal realm > Invertebrates > Arthropods > Crustaceans > Malacostraca > Decapods > Shrimps > Palaemonidae > Pontoniinae > Hydroid shrimp

Hydroid shrimp

Scientific name : Periclimenes galene


Transparent shrimp, with broken black and white longitudinal and diagonal lines, reproducing the pattern of the host hydroid. Long rostrum, transparent legs and claws. 2.5 cm.
The lined pattern is a good diagnostic versus other transparent Periclimenes (see Periclimenes psamathe and Periclimenes sp. 1).

Associated organisms
Always associated with hydroids, in our photos with Lytocarpia sp.


Habitat: Reef external slope

Distribution: Indo-West Pacific

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