Common Name: Ghost Shrimp

Species Name: Periclimenes tenuipes Dana, 1852

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean

Natural Environment: Found mainly living next to anemones

General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 73 to 83°F (23 - 28°C). Depends upon the cleaning process for its food. Not seen in the trade that I know and shown here for identification only.

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Echinoderms - Sea Lilies/Feather Stars - Starfish/Sea Stars and Basket Stars - Brittle Stars - Urchins/Heart Urchins/Sand Dollars - Sea Cucumbers - Oddballs
Other Inverts - Sponges - Jellyfish - Sea Squirts - Worms - Plankton - Oddballs

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