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Pederson Cleaner Shrimp
Periclimenes pedersoni
20.8398, -86.8878
Field Notes
Description:
Photo take a t -45 ft in a Caribbean reef.
Habitat:
Usually find in corkscrew anemone but also live in giant anemones and sun anemones
Lives in groups.
Notes:
Is one of the most active shrimps in the coral reef also know as cleaner shrimp has a symbiotic relation whit the anemone it reside by cleaning it from parasites.This shrimp also has a relation whit different fish specimens by cleaning there mouth and guts from parasites.
Reference Links:
Video: Pedersen Cleaner Shrimp Identification | eHow.com
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJanuary 6, 2012
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