| Family: |
Palaemonidae (palaemonid shrimps) |
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| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 15 m |
| Distribution: |
Indo-Pacific: Mozambique to Japan, Australia and Papua New Guinea. |
| Diagnosis: |
Body is transparent with large white spots. Four to five orange spots with a black ring are present on the tail fan. Purplish-blue rings are present near the joints and tips of pereiopods. Rostrum well-developed, with five to six dorsal, and two ventral teeth. Females are generally larger. |
| Biology: |
Minimum depth from Ref. 83472. Epizoic, Intertidal to subtidal (Ref. 106854). Associated with giant anemones (Ref. 113378). Usually found in pairs. Occasionally found on hard corals (Ref. 125532). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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