Spotted Cleaner Shrimp (Periclimenes yucatanicus)

Invertebrateverified

Periclimenes yucatanicus

(Ives, 1891)

Spotted Cleaner Shrimp

Also known as: Spotted Cleaning Shrimp

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Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Palaemonidae

Where to find it

rare

Panama

Other species in Palaemonidae

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Gnathophyllum americanum

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Palaemon macrodactylus

Palaemon macrodactylus

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Typton spongicola

Typton spongicola

Gnathophylloides mineri

Gnathophylloides mineri

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Palaemon elegans

Palaemon elegans

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Pseudopontonides principis

Pseudopontonides principis

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