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Periclimenes imperator
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.
Back reef, Coastal bay, Deep reef, Lagoon, Reef external slope, Reef front
emperor shrimp hitch ride on a crested nembrotha nudibranch
Spotted on Sep 17, 2011
Submitted on Sep 21, 2011
3 Comments
Free rider! :D
As a crustacean, moved to the Arthropods.
cool! it must be so tiny this shrimp!