Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp
Pontonides ankeri
Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp
Category: Commensal Shrimps
Scientific Name: Pontonides ankeri
Size: Up to 0.6 in. (1.5 cm)  
Depth: 10-100 ft. (3-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Caridea (Infraorder)
        └Palaemonoidea (Superfamily)
         └Palaemonidae (Family)
          └Pontonides (Genus)
           └P. ankeri (Species)

Crustaceans
Commensal Shrimps

Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp

Wire Coral Shrimp

Purple Urchin Shrimp

Clear Cleaner Shrimp

Urocaridella sp. 1

Urocaridella sp. 2

Rounded Sea Star Shrimp

Emperor Shrimp

Sea Star Shrimp

Peacock-Tail Anemone Shrimp

Holthuis' Anemone Shrimp

Yellow-Spotted Anemone Shrimp

Magnificent Anemone Shrimp

Pederson Cleaner Shrimp

Sarasvati Anemone Shrimp

Graceful Anemone Shrimp

Two Claw Shrimp

Spotted-Arm Cuapetes Shrimp

Mushroom Coral Shrimp

Cuapetes sp. 1

Red Claw Cuapetes Shrimp

Horned Sea Pen Shrimp

Zanzibar Whip Coral Shrimp

Striped Bumblebee Shrimp

Egg Shell Shrimp

Starry Coral Shrimp

Harlequin Shrimp

Ambon Crinoid Shrimp

Leopard Crinoid Shrimp

Laomenes sp. 1

Laomenes sp. 2

Laomenes sp. 3

Tiger Crinoid Shrimp

Donald Duck Shrimp

Translucent Gorgonian Shrimp

Bubble Coral Shrimp

Periclimenaeus storchi

Red and White Crinoid Shrimp

Coleman Shrimp

Iridescent Shrimp

Sun Anemone Shrimp

Spotted Cleaner Shrimp

Spiny Tiger Shrimp



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