Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &
Caribbean Reefs
Wire Coral Shrimp
Pseudopontonides principis
Wire Coral Shrimp
Category: Commensal Shrimps
Scientific Name: Pseudopontonides principis
Size: Up to 0.5 in. (1.2 cm)
Depth: 45-220 ft. (15-67 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Gulf of America
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Caridea (Infraorder)
└Palaemonoidea (Superfamily)
└Palaemonidae (Family)
└Pseudopontonides (Genus)
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