species: Ancylomenes magnificus in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Ancylomenes magnificus


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©Alexander Semenov: Ancylomenes magnificus at Watson's Bay, Lizard Island, on soft sediment away from reefs.

©Alexander Semenov: Ancylomenes magnificus at Watson's Bay, Lizard Island, on soft sediment away from reefs.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Palaemonidae
Genus Ancylomenes
Species Ancylomenes magnificus

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Distribution and habitat preferences

These shrimp are commonly found on scleractinian coral, Catalaphyllia and the anemone, Dofleinia armata (Wikipedia, 23 Sep 2019)

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Edgar, G. (2019). Tropical Marine Life of Australia New Holland Publishers, London.

Other references

  • Becker, J.H.A. (2006). Interactions between cleaner shrimp and their client fishes on coral reefs, Ph.D. thesis, University of Queensland. LIRS catalog number 978.