Zenopontonia rex

(Kemp, 1922)

Emperor Shrimp

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea and East Africa to Southern Japan and Hawaii.

Size: 0.75 inch (2 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits various coral reef environments, mainly living with cucumbers and snails.

Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home aquarium trade.

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Malacostraca

Order: Decapoda

Family: Palaemonidae

Genus: Zenopontonia

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

Depends upon the cleaning process for its food.

Was previously Periclimenes imperator, Bruce, 1967.