Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Horned Sea Pen Shrimp
Dasycaris ceratops
Horned Sea Pen Shrimp
Category: Commensal Shrimps
Scientific Name: Dasycaris ceratops
Size: Up to 5/8 in. (1.5 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Caridea (Infraorder)
        └Palaemonoidea (Superfamily)
         └Palaemonidae (Family)
          └Dasycaris (Genus)
           └D. ceratops (Species)

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