Error message
Unable to fetch location details at this time.
Emperor shrimp
Periclimenes imperator
4.80333, 103.68
Field Notes
Description:
Commensal shrimp living with nudibranches and holoturians. The antennal scales, flattened, give to the head a typical duck-billed appearance. The background colour is ornge-red. White spots are concentrated in an enclosed area on the back, or uniformly scattered in specimens living on the spanish dancer, or are missing completely. Legs and joints of the claws re purple. 2 cm.
Habitat:
Back reef, Coastal bay, Deep reef, Lagoon, Reef external slope, Reef front
Notes:
emperor shrimp hitch ride on a crested nembrotha nudibranch
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 21, 2011
Comments (3)