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

Transparent commensal shrimp

Scientific name : Periclimenes sp. 1


Transparent body, but a longitudinal pink line and fine, scattered, white spots. Living with many different hosts. 1,5 cm.
Similar to many transparent Periclimenes species, but the scattered white spots are distinctive. As the shrimp identification needs examination of microscopic details, we cannot exclude that actually in our photos are more than 1 species.

Associated organisms
Association with sea pens, with gorgonians (Dichotella sp.), with hydroids (Aglaophenia cupressina).


Habitat: Coastal bay, Deep reef, Reef external slope

Distribution: North Sulawesi

Sheet author: MASSIMO BOYER
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