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Periclimenes
Periclimenes imperator
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Periclimenes

Costa, 1844 [1]
Type species
Periclimenes amethysteus
(Risso, 1827) [2]

The genus Periclimenes contains a large number of species of shrimp that live symbiotically with larger animals, most commonly sea anemones, though some corals, sea stars, sea cucumbers and, in the case of the imperial shrimp, P. imperator, the Spanish dancer sea slug, Hexabranchus sanguineus, are often preferred hosts.[3]

The genus contains the following species:[4]

References

  1. ^ "Periclimenes Costa, 1844". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  2. ^ I. N. Marin & Tin-Yam Chan (2006). "Two new genera and a new species of crinoid-associated pontoniine shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae)" (PDF). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 26 (4): 524–539. doi:10.1651/S-2705.1.
  3. ^ "Indo-Pacific Periclimines Shrimp (An Overview)".
  4. ^ Sammy De Grave & Michael Türkay (2011). "Periclimenes Costa, O.G., 1844a". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 11, 2011.