Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Cryptic Sponge Shrimp
Gelastocaris paronai
Cryptic Sponge Shrimp
Also known as: Paron Shrimp
Category: Broken-back Shrimps
Scientific Name: Gelastocaris paronai
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Caridea (Infraorder)
        └Alpheoidea (Superfamily)
         └Hippolytidae (Family)
          └Gelastocaris (Genus)
           └G. paronai (Species)

Crustaceans
Broken-back Shrimps

Cryptic Sponge Shrimp

Hairy Shrimp

Marbled Shrimp

Saw-Blade Shrimp

Ocellated Tozeuma Shrimp

White-Banded Cleaner Shrimp

Squat Anemone Shrimp



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