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Family Palaemonidae

Manipontonia psamathe

(de Man, 1902)

Transparent Commensal Shrimp

Likely Reef Tank Suitable

Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean

Size: 0.75 inch (2 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits various coral reef environments and lives in symbiosis with anemones, gorgonians, and sea pens.

Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home aquarium trade.

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Arthropoda

    Class: Malacostraca

    Order: Decapoda

    Family: Palaemonidae

    Genus: Maniponotonia

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

Depends upon the cleaning process for its food.

 Manipontonia psamathe (Transparent Commensal Shrimp)
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