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Periclimenes
The genus Periclimenes contains a large number of species of shrimp that live symbiotically with larger animals, most commonly sea anemones, although some corals, sea stars, sea cucumbers. In the case of the emperor shrimp, P. imperator, the Spanish dancer sea slug, Hexabranchus sanguineus, is often the preferred host.
29 branches of this genus, most-observed first
spotted cleaner shrimp
speciesPericlimenes yucatanicus
Snakelocks shrimp
speciesPericlimenes sagittifer
Coleman shrimp
speciesPericlimenes colemani
Crystal Prawn
speciesPericlimenes scriptus
Periclimenes aegylios
speciesPericlimenes aegylios
Sun Anemone Shrimp
speciesPericlimenes rathbunae
Periclimenes amethysteus
speciesPericlimenes amethysteus
Periclimenes harringtoni
speciesPericlimenes harringtoni
Periclimenes affinis
speciesPericlimenes affinis
Black Coral Shrimp
speciesPericlimenes antipathophilus
Periclimenes diversipes
speciesPericlimenes diversipes
basketstar shrimp
speciesPericlimenes perryae
Orange Featherstar Shrimp
speciesPericlimenes crinoidalis
gorgonian shrimp
speciesPericlimenes patae
Periclimenes yaldwyni
speciesPericlimenes yaldwyni
Periclimenes obscurus
speciesPericlimenes obscurus
Periclimenes madreporae
speciesPericlimenes madreporae
Brown Featherstar Shrimp
speciesPericlimenes meyeri
Periclimenes pholeter
speciesPericlimenes pholeter
Periclimenes iridescens
speciesPericlimenes iridescens
Periclimenes incertus
speciesPericlimenes incertus
Periclimenes colesi
speciesPericlimenes colesi
Periclimenes dardanicola
speciesPericlimenes dardanicola
Periclimenes albolineatus
speciesPericlimenes albolineatus
Periclimenes infraspinis
speciesPericlimenes infraspinis
Periclimenes veleronis
speciesPericlimenes veleronis
Periclimenes delagoae
speciesPericlimenes delagoae
Periclimenes ruber
speciesPericlimenes ruber
Periclimenes hirsutus
speciesPericlimenes hirsutus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50929.