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Bubble Coral Shrimp

Vir philippinensis

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Field Notes

Description:

Size is up to 1.5 cm. Comensal shrimp, Palaeminodae.
Translucent with thin blue lines extending down legs and claw arms. Blue tail marin. Comensal with Bubble Coral (Plerogyra sinuosa).

Habitat:

Lankayan Island, Sabah, Malaysia.

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Vir philippinensis

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PublishedFebruary 27, 2016

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