species: Periclimenes watamuae in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Periclimenes watamuae
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Palaemonidae
Genus Periclimenes
Species Periclimenes watamuae

Distinguishing features

Completely transparent, associates with hard corals Goniopora and Heliofungia actiniformis as well as soft corals and gorgonians (Marin and Caley, 2011)

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Web resources

References

  • 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.