Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Mushroom Coral Shrimp
Cuapetes kororensis
Mushroom Coral Shrimp
Category: Commensal Shrimps
Scientific Name: Cuapetes kororensis
Synonyms: Periclemenes kororensis
Size: Up to 1.5 in. (4 cm)  
Depth: 3-60 ft. (1-18 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Caridea (Infraorder)
      └Palaemonoidea (Superfamily)
       └Palaemonidae (Family)
        └Cuapetes (Genus)

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