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Spotted cleaning shrimp
Periclimenes yucatanicus (Ives, 1891)
AnimalsPrawns and related species: Caridae, Sténopodidae...
Crevette au corps transparent avec des taches ocellées blanches ou ocres sur le dos, le flanc et la queue :
- Pattes et pinces rayées de bandes bleu-mauve et blanches,
- Longue paire d'antennes blanches comportent parfois des bandes foncées marron-ocre.
Distribution map
Geographic areas (BioObs)
GuadeloupeMartinique
Observation type
Scuba divingApnea / Snorkelling
Other common names
- Spotted anemone shrimpAmerican English
- Gefleckte PutzergarneleGerman (Germany)
- Gepunktete PutzergarneleGerman (Germany)
- Camaron limpiador moteadoEuropean Spanish
- Crevette du YucatanFrench (France)
- Crevette nettoyeuse tachetéeFrench (France)
Other invalid scientific names
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Sources
- GOYEAU Alain, OMS Robert, PROUZET Anne in : DORIS, 15/02/2021 : Periclimenes yucatanicus (Ives, 1891), https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/421
- Humann P., Deloach N., 2003, Reef Creature Identification Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas, ed. New World Publications.
How to cite this BioObs sheet?
BioObs, 27/03/2022 : Periclimenes yucatanicus (Ives, 1891), https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/1422
Modification history
- Modified by PASCAL LEPINE on 25/03/2022
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