Periclimenes brevicarpalis, the glass anemone shrimp or peacock-tail anemone shrimp, is a species of shrimp belonging to the family Palaemonidae.
Description
Periclimenes brevicarpalis can reach a length of 0.5 to 1.0 inch. The body is almost transparent, with some white spots over carapace and tail and orange spots outlined in black over the caudal fin. Females are larger than males and have more white spots. This species lives symbiotically with sea anemones, corals and jellyfish. Males attain similar average body sizes than females suggesting that the species is gonochoric and monogamous due to the fact that pairs of shrimp inhabit the same host individual in the field.
Distribution
This species can be found in the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, including Australia.
References
Further reading
- Bruce, A. J. (1 September 1976). "A report on some pontoniinid shrimps collected from the Seychelle Islands by the F.R.V. Manihine, 1972, with a review of the Seychelles pontoniinid shrimp fauna". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 59 (2): 89–153. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1976.tb01012.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
External links
- WoRMS
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Freshmarine
