species: Laomenes amboinensis in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Laomenes amboinensis


©Anne Hoggett: Laomenes amboinensis with featherstar Anneissia bennetti near North Point, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Laomenes amboinensis with featherstar Anneissia bennetti near North Point, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Laomenes amboinensis with featherstar Anneissia bennetti near North Point, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Palaemonidae
Genus Laomenes
Species Laomenes amboinensis

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

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Distinguishing features

A dark shrimp with bright yellow eyestalks, rostrum and tail tips. Associates with featherstars. Only two records from Australia as at April 2021, both from Lizard Island and both associated with featherstars in the family Comatulidae.

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  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Marin, I. and M.J. Caley (2011). The diversity of pontoniine shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from the Lizard Island area, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Biodiversity Records, 4: 339. LIRS catalog number 1480.