Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp
Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp
Scientific Name: Pontonides ankeri
Infraorder: Caridea
Category: Shrimps
Size: Up to 0.6 in. (1.5 cm)  
Depth: 10-100 ft. (3-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii

Invertebrates
Crustaceans
Shrimps

Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp

Bubble Coral Shrimp

Sarasvati Anemone Shrimp

Magnificent Anemone Shrimp

Graceful Anemone Shrimp

Holthuis' Anemone Shrimp

Yellow-Spotted Anemone Shrimp

Egg Shell Shrimp

Rounded Sea Star Shrimp

Japanese Rock Shrimp

Humpback Prawn

Solenocera sp. 1

Starry Coral Shrimp

Spotted-Arm Cuapetes Shrimp

Red Claw Cuapetes Shrimp

Cuapetes sp. 1

Striped Bumblebee Shrimp

Hairy Shrimp

Cryptic Sponge Shrimp

Squat Anemone Shrimp

Marbled Shrimp

Saw-Blade Shrimp

Ocellated Tozeuma Shrimp

Stimpson's Snapping Shrimp

Deman's Snapping Shrimp

Tiger Snapping Shrimp

Alpheus sp. 1

Harlequin Shrimp

Spiny Tiger Shrimp

Donald Duck Shrimp

Purple Urchin Shrimp

Emperor Shrimp

Peacock-Tail Anemone Shrimp

Coleman Shrimp

Mushroom Coral Shrimp

Sea Star Shrimp

Periclimenaeus storchi

Dragon Shrimp

White-Banded Cleaner Shrimp

Dancing Shrimp

Reticulated Hinge-Beak Shrimp

Clear Cleaner Shrimp

Urocaridella sp. 1

Urocaridella sp. 2

Translucent Gorgonian Shrimp

Ambon Crinoid Shrimp

Tiger Crinoid Shrimp

Laomenes sp. 1

Laomenes sp. 2

Laomenes sp. 3

Zanzibar Whip Coral Shrimp

True Crabs
Mantis Shrimps
Squat Lobsters
Slipper Lobsters
Porcelain Crabs
Skeleton Shrimps
Barnacles
Sea Spiders
Hermit Crabs
Boxer Shrimps
Spiny Lobsters
Reef Lobsters

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