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Periclimenes imperator
Commensal shrimp living with nudibranches and holoturians. The antennal scales, flattened, give the head a typical duck-billed appearance. The background colour is orange-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 are purple. 2 cm. Easy to identify by the "duck bill" and by purple legs and pinces. The dorsal spots can have different shape and extension. The more similar species is Periclimenes soror, smaller and whose claws are not purple tipped. Source : http://www.seadb.net/en_Emperor-shrimp-P...
Back reef, Coastal bay, Deep reef, Lagoon, Reef external slope, Reef front. Indo-Pacific.
Spotted this pair on a Sea Cucumber (Stichopus sp.) at a depth of about 6 m. The bigger one was about 1.2 cm. For a look at the sea cucumber, please check http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/105...
56 Comments (1–25)
Wow, beautiful!
Wow!!!!!
Thank you injica! :-)
Beautiful coloration:) great spotting!
Thanks Seema. Yes colors are stunning but definitely not synthetic :-)
stunning colors..looks almost synthetic
Thank you Luis! Appreciate it :-)
Beautifully captured!
It is lucasm1. :-)
Thanks Andrea! Cheers :-)
I love your underwater photography Eric. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for your comments Patty, Ali, Yuko and Carol :-)
Absolutely gorgeous!
Stunning shrimp!
Very beautiful.
Outstandingly beautiful and amazing shrimp! Great spotting and picture Eric! =)
Glad to share it RiekoS. Thanks :-)
Very beautiful. Thank you very much for sharing
Thanks Sumukha! :-)
Wonderful..!
Thanks Reza. Glad you liked it :-)
Beautiful !
Thanks for all the likes. Still one of my favorites among my collections :-)
Thanks Hanno Shalby :-)
Hi Leah. I don't think you can. Besides it is only half an inch long so doubt if you'd be able to taste anything :-)