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Pederson Cleaner Shrimp

Periclimenes pedersoni

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

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5 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Thanks to you Karen.

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Thanks Gerardo! have re pasted the link as it wasn't working properly - http://www.ehow.com/video_4412706_peders...

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

I find a grate info about this shrimphttp://www.ehow.com/video_4412706_pedersen-cleaner-shrimp-identification.html

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Yes Karen i will.

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Gerardo, please can you provide some more information on this species & consider adding it to the symbiotic relations mission -http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/7987627

Gerardo Aizpuru
Spotted by
Gerardo Aizpuru

Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Spotted on Jan 4, 2012
Submitted on Jan 4, 2012

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