Periclimenes sagittifer
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Palaemonidae |
Genus: | Periclimenes |
Species: | P. sagittifer
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Binomial name | |
Periclimenes sagittifer (Norman, 1861)
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Periclimenes sagittifer[1] is a crustacean first described by Norman in 1861. Periclimenes sagittifer is included in the family Palaemonidae.[2][3] No subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life.[2]
Description
[edit]A transparent body except for the typical violet arrow on the abdomen, the legs have coloring of yellow and blue alternately, and the tail is characterized by a blue arrow. Up to 25 mm.[citation needed] They live in symbiosis with sea anemones such Anemonia sulcata, Aiptasia mutabilis, Cribrinopsis crassa and Condylactis aurantiaca, feeding on the detritus.[4]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Mediterranean Sea.[citation needed]
References
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- ^ Chace, Fenner A., Jr., and A. J. Bruce (1993) The Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition 1907-1910, pt. 6: Superfamily Palaemonoidea, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, no. 543
- ^ a b "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ ITIS: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Orrell T. (custodian), 2011-04-26
- ^ Patzner R.A. (2004). "Associations with sea anemones in the Mediterranean Sea: A review". Ophelia. 58: 1–11. doi:10.1080/00785236.2004.10410208. S2CID 84742807.