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Anemone Shrimps
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Anemone Shrimps

Ancylomenes

Ancylomenes is a genus of shrimp, erected in 2010 to accommodate the group of species around "Periclimenes aesopius" (now Ancylomenes aesopius). Members of the genus are widely distributed in the warm oceans of the world, and live in association with cnidarians; most are cleaner shrimp.

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22 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pederson Cleaner Shrimp

speciesAncylomenes pedersoni

Sarasvati Anemone Shrimp

speciesAncylomenes sarasvati

Magnificent Anemone Shrimp

speciesAncylomenes magnificus

Holthuis' Anemone Shrimp

speciesAncylomenes holthuisi

Graceful anemone shrimp

speciesAncylomenes venustus

Ancylomenes speciosus

speciesAncylomenes speciosus

Long-arm Cleaner Shrimp

speciesAncylomenes longicarpus

Yellow-spotted Anemone shrimp

speciesAncylomenes luteomaculatus

Ancylomenes aesopius

speciesAncylomenes aesopius

Ancylomenes tenuirostris

speciesAncylomenes tenuirostris

Ancylomenes adularans

speciesAncylomenes adularans

Ancylomenes kobayashii

speciesAncylomenes kobayashii

Ancylomenes australis

speciesAncylomenes australis

Ancylomenes tosaensis

speciesAncylomenes tosaensis

Ancylomenes lucasi

speciesAncylomenes lucasi

Ancylomenes amirantei

speciesAncylomenes amirantei

Ancylomenes aqabai

speciesAncylomenes aqabai

Ancylomenes batei

speciesAncylomenes batei

Ancylomenes grandidens

speciesAncylomenes grandidens

Ancylomenes kuboi

speciesAncylomenes kuboi

Ancylomenes lipkei

speciesAncylomenes lipkei

Ancylomenes okunoi

speciesAncylomenes okunoi

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