Periclimenes
Encyclopedia
The genus Periclimenes contains a large number of species of shrimp
that live symbiotically with larger animals, most commonly sea anemone
s, though some coral
s, sea star
s, sea cucumbers and, in the case of the imperial shrimp, P. imperator
, the Spanish dancer
sea slug
, Hexabranchus sanguineus, are often preferred hosts.
The genus contains the following species:
Shrimp
Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. Shrimp are an important...
that live symbiotically with larger animals, most commonly sea anemone
Sea anemone
Sea anemones are a group of water-dwelling, predatory animals of the order Actiniaria; they are named after the anemone, a terrestrial flower. Sea anemones are classified in the phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa, subclass Zoantharia. Anthozoa often have large polyps that allow for digestion of larger...
s, though some coral
Coral
Corals are marine animals in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head" is a colony of...
s, sea star
Sea star
Starfish or sea stars are echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. The names "starfish" and "sea star" essentially refer to members of the class Asteroidea...
s, sea cucumbers and, in the case of the imperial shrimp, P. imperator
Periclimenes imperator
Periclimenes imperator is a species of shrimp with a wide distribution across the Indo-Pacific. It lives commensally on a number of hosts, including the sea slug Hexabranchus....
, the Spanish dancer
Spanish dancer
The Spanish dancer, scientific name Hexabranchus sanguineus , is a dorid nudibranch, a very large and colorful sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hexabranchidae.http://www.seaslugforum.net/hexasang.htm Seaslug forum-Description:This species of very large, strong-swimming nudibranch...
sea slug
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...
, Hexabranchus sanguineus, are often preferred hosts.
The genus contains the following species:
- Periclimenes acanthimerusPericlimenes acanthimerusPericlimenes acanthimerus is a species of shrimp found in New Caledonia. It was first named by A. J. Bruce in 2006....
Bruce, 2006 - Periclimenes aegyliosPericlimenes aegyliosPericlimenes aegylios is a species of shrimp found in the Adriatic Sea and the western Mediterranean Sea. It was first named by Grippa and d'Udekem d'Acoz in 1996....
Grippa & d'Udekem d'Acoz, 1996 - Periclimenes affinisPericlimenes affinisPericlimenes affinis is a species of shrimp found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Leo Zehntner in 1894....
(Zehntner, 1894) - Periclimenes albatrossae Chace & Bruce, 1993
- Periclimenes albolineatus Bruce & Coombes, 1997
- Periclimenes alcockiPericlimenes alcockiPericlimenes alcocki is a species of shrimp found in the Pacific and Indian oceans. It was first named by Kemp in 1922....
Kemp, 1922 - Periclimenes aleator Bruce, 1991
- Periclimenes alexanderi X. Li, 2008
- Periclimenes amethysteusPericlimenes amethysteusPericlimenes amethysteus is a species of shrimp found in the Adriatic and Aegean Sea, and the western Mediterranean Sea. It was first named by Antoine Risso in 1827....
(Risso, 1826) - Periclimenes andresi Macpherson, 1988
- Periclimenes antipathophilus Spotte, Heard & Bubucis, 1994
- Periclimenes bateiPericlimenes bateiPericlimenes batei is a species of shrimp found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by L. A. Borradaile in 1888, in commemoration of Charles Spence Bate who wrote the section on shrimp in the reports of the Challenger expedition....
(Borradaile, 1917) - Periclimenes boucheti X. Li, Mitsuhashi & Chan, 2008
- Periclimenes bowmani Chace, 1972
- Periclimenes brevicarpalis (Schenkel, 1902)
- Periclimenes brevinaris Nobili, 1906
- Periclimenes brevirostris Bruce, 1991
- Periclimenes brucei Duriš, 1990
- Periclimenes burrup Bruce, 2007
- Periclimenes calcaratus Chace & Bruce, 1993
- Periclimenes calmani Tattersal, 1921
- Periclimenes canalinsulae Bruce & Coombes, 1997
- Periclimenes cannaphilus Komai, Nemoto & Tsuchida, 2010
- Periclimenes carinidactylus Bruce, 1969
- Periclimenes chacei X. Li, Bruce & Manning, 2004
- Periclimenes colemani Bruce, 1975
- Periclimenes colesi De Grave & Anker, 2009
- Periclimenes commensalis Borradaile, 1915
- Periclimenes compressus Borradaile, 1915
- Periclimenes consobrinus (De Man, 1902)
- Periclimenes coriolis Bruce, 1985
- Periclimenes crinoidalis Chace, 1969
- Periclimenes cristimanus Bruce, 1965
- Periclimenes crosnieri X. Li & Bruce, 2006
- Periclimenes curvirostris Kubo, 1940
- Periclimenes dardanicolaPericlimenes dardanicolaPericlimenes dardanicola is a species of shrimp found in the western Pacific Ocean. It lives in association with sea anemones that live on the gastropod shells carried by hermit crabs. It was first named by Alexander J. Bruce and Junji Okuno in 2006. It is mainly white, and grows up to a carapace...
Bruce & Okuno, 2006 - Periclimenes delagoae Barnard, 1958
- Periclimenes dentidactylus Bruce, 1984
- Periclimenes difficilis Bruce, 1976
- Periclimenes digitalis Kemp, 1922
- Periclimenes diversipes Kemp, 1922
- Periclimenes eleftherioui Koukouras & Türkay, 1996
- Periclimenes exederens Bruce, 1969
- Periclimenes fenneri Bruce, 2005
- Periclimenes fimbriatus (Borradaile, 1915)
- Periclimenes finlayi Chace, 1972
- Periclimenes forcipulatus Bruce, 1991
- Periclimenes foresti Bruce, 1981
- Periclimenes forgesi X. Li & Bruce, 2006
- Periclimenes foveolatus Bruce, 1981
- Periclimenes fujinoi Bruce, 1990
- Periclimenes gonioporae Bruce, 1989
- Periclimenes granulatus Holthuis, 1950
- Periclimenes granulimanus Bruce, 1978
- Periclimenes granuloides Hayashi in Baba, Hayashi & Toriyama, 1986
- Periclimenes guarapari De Grave, 2008
- Periclimenes harringtoni Lebour, 1949
- Periclimenes hertwigi Balss, 1913
- Periclimenes hongkongensis Bruce, 1969
- Periclimenes hydrothermophilus Hayashi & Ohtomi, 2001
- Periclimenes imperatorPericlimenes imperatorPericlimenes imperator is a species of shrimp with a wide distribution across the Indo-Pacific. It lives commensally on a number of hosts, including the sea slug Hexabranchus....
Bruce, 1967 - Periclimenes incertus Borradaile, 1915
- Periclimenes infraspinis (Rathbun, 1902)
- Periclimenes ingressicolumbi Berggren & Svane, 1989
- Periclimenes inornatus Kemp, 1922
- Periclimenes investigatoris Kemp, 1922
- Periclimenes involens Bruce, 1996
- Periclimenes iridescens Lebour, 1949
- Periclimenes ischiospinosus Bruce, 1991
- Periclimenes josephi X. Li, 2008
- Periclimenes jugalis Holthuis, 1952
- Periclimenes kallisto Bruce, 2008
- Periclimenes kempi Bruce, 1969
- Periclimenes kornii (Lo Bianco, 1903)
- Periclimenes laccadivensis (Alcock & Anderson, 1894)
- Periclimenes laevimanus Duriš, 2010
- Periclimenes lanipes Kemp, 1922
- Periclimenes latipollex Kemp, 1922
- Periclimenes lepidus Bruce, 1978
- Periclimenes leptodactylus Bruce, 1991
- Periclimenes leptopus Kemp, 1922
- Periclimenes leptunguis X. Li, Mitsuhashi & Chan, 2008
- Periclimenes longimanus (Dana, 1852)
- Periclimenes longipes (Stimpson, 1860)
- Periclimenes loyautensis X. Li & Bruce, 2006
- Periclimenes macrophthalmus Fujino & Miyake, 1970
- Periclimenes madreporae Bruce, 1969
- Periclimenes magnus Holthuis, 1951
- Periclimenes mahei Bruce, 1969
- Periclimenes maldivensis Bruce, 1969
- Periclimenes manihine Bruce, 2006
- Periclimenes mclaughlinae Fransen, 2006
- Periclimenes mclellandi Heard & Spotte, 1997
- Periclimenes meyeri Chace, 1969
- Periclimenes milleri Bruce, 1986
- Periclimenes murcielagensis Vargas, 2000
- Periclimenes nevillei Bruce, 2010
- Periclimenes ngi X. Li, Mitsuhashi & Chan, 2008
- Periclimenes nomadophila Berggren, 1994
- Periclimenes novaffinis Bruce & Coombes, 1997
- Periclimenes obscurus Kemp, 1922
- Periclimenes ordinarius Bruce, 1991
- Periclimenes ornatellus Bruce, 1979
- Periclimenes ornatus Bruce, 1969
- Periclimenes paivai Chace, 1969
- Periclimenes pandionis Holthuis, 1951
- Periclimenes panglaonis X. Li, Mitsuhashi & Chan, 2008
- Periclimenes paralcocki X. Li & Bruce, 2006
- Periclimenes paraleator X. Li & Bruce, 2006
- Periclimenes paraparvus Bruce, 1969
- Periclimenes parvispinatus Bruce, 1990
- Periclimenes parvus Borradaile, 1898
- Periclimenes patae Heard & Spotte, 1991
- Periclimenes pauper Holthuis, 1951
- Periclimenes pectiniferus Holthuis, 1952
- Periclimenes pectinipes Bruce, 1991
- Periclimenes perlucidus Bruce, 1969
- Periclimenes perryae Chace, 1942
- Periclimenes perturbans Bruce, 1978
- Periclimenes pholeter Holthuis, 1973
- Periclimenes platalea Holthuis, 1951
- Periclimenes platydactylus X. Li, 2008
- Periclimenes platyrhynchus Bruce, 1991
- Periclimenes polynesiensis X. Li, 2008
- Periclimenes poriphilus Bruce, 2010
- Periclimenes poupini Bruce, 1989
- Periclimenes pseudalcocki X. Li & Bruce, 2006
- Periclimenes rathbunae Schmitt, 1924
- Periclimenes rectirostris Bruce, 1981
- Periclimenes rex Kemp, 1922
- Periclimenes richeri Bruce, 1990
- Periclimenes robustus (Borradaile, 1915)
- Periclimenes ruber Bruce, 1982
- Periclimenes sagittifer (Norman, 1861)
- Periclimenes sandybrucei Mitsuhashi & Chan, 2009
- Periclimenes sandyi De Grave, 2009
- Periclimenes sarkanae Bruce, 2007
- Periclimenes scriptus (Risso, 1822)
- Periclimenes sibogae Holthuis, 1952
- Periclimenes sinensis Bruce, 1969
- Periclimenes soror Nobili, 1904
- Periclimenes tangeroa Bruce, 2005
- Periclimenes tenellus (Smith, 1882)
- Periclimenes terangeri Bruce, 1998
- Periclimenes thermohydrophilus Hayashi & Ohtomi, 2001
- Periclimenes toloensis Bruce, 1969
- Periclimenes tonga Bruce, 1988
- Periclimenes uniunguiculatus Bruce, 1990
- Periclimenes vaubani Bruce, 1990
- Periclimenes veleronis Holthuis, 1951
- Periclimenes vicinus X. Li, 2008
- Periclimenes watamuae Bruce, 1976
- Periclimenes wirtzi d'Udekem d'Acoz, 1996
- Periclimenes yaldwyni Holthuis, 1959
- Periclimenes yucatanicus (Ives, 1891)
- Periclimenes zanzibaricus Bruce, 1967
- Periclimenes zevinae Duriš, 1990