Ancylomenes venustus
Eel Garden, Pulau Mabul, Sabah, MALAYSIA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Ancylomenes
Species:
A. venustus
Binomial name
Ancylomenes venustus
(Bruce, 1989) [1]

Ancylomenes venustus, also known as the graceful anemone shrimp, is a species of shrimp which belongs to the family of the Palaemonidae. This species is found in the tropical waters from the centre of the Indo-Pacific biogeographical area. A. venustus lives in association with scleractinians[2] and actiniarians (sea anemones) and is a cleaner shrimp.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Sammy De Grave (2013). "Ancylomenes venustus (Bruce, 1989)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  2. ↑ Bos, A.R. & B.W. Hoeksema (2015). "Cryptobenthic fishes and co-inhabiting shrimps associated with the mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis (Fungiidae) in the Davao Gulf, Philippines". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 98 (6): 1479–1489. doi:10.1007/s10641-014-0374-0. S2CID 14834695.
  3. ↑ J. Okuno & A. J. Bruce (2010). "Designation of Ancylomenes gen. nov., for the 'Periclimenes aesopius species group' (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae), with the description of a new species and a checklist of congeneric species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2372: 85–105. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2372.1.11.


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