Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Graceful Anemone Shrimp
Ancylomenes venustus
Graceful Anemone Shrimp
Category: Commensal Shrimps
Scientific Name: Ancylomenes venustus
Synonyms: Periclimenes venustus
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Depth: 10-120 ft. (3-37 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Caridea (Infraorder)
        └Palaemonoidea (Superfamily)
         └Palaemonidae (Family)
          └Ancylomenes (Genus)
           └A. venustus (Species)

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