Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Purple Urchin Shrimp
Stegopontonia commensalis
Purple Urchin Shrimp
Category: Commensal Shrimps
Scientific Name: Stegopontonia commensalis
Size: Up to 1.5 in (3.5 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Caridea (Infraorder)
      └Palaemonoidea (Superfamily)
       └Palaemonidae (Family)
        └Stegopontonia (Genus)

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