| Ancylomenes pedersoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Ancylomenes |
| Species: | A. pedersoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Ancylomenes pedersoni (Chace, 1958)
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Ancylomenes pedersoni, sometimes known as Pederson's shrimp and Pederson's cleaner shrimp, is a species of cleaner shrimp.[2][3] It is part of the genus Ancylomenes and was described in 1958 by Fenner A. Chace Jr. as Periclimenes pedersoni.[1][4] Ancylomenes pedersoni is found in the Caribbean Sea, often associated with a sea anemone, at depths of 1 to 15 metres (3 to 49 ft). They are often found on the reefs off Bermuda.
- ^ a b Charles Fransen & Sammy De Grave (2011). "Ancylomenes pedersoni (Chace, 1958)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
- ^ Becker, Justine; Grutter, Alexander (2004). "Cleaner shrimp do clean". Coral Reefs. 23: 515–520. doi:10.1007/s00338-004-0429-3. S2CID 8393249.
- ^ Becker, Justine; Curtis, Lynda; Grutter, Alexander (2005). "Cleaner shrimp use a rocking dance to advertise cleaning service to clients". Current Biology. 15 (8): 760–764. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2005.02.067. PMID 15854910.
- ^ Bunkley-Williams, Lucy; Williams, Ernest H. (1998). "Ability of Pederson cleaner shrimp to remove juveniles of the parasitic cymothoid isopod, Anilocra haemuli, from the host" (PDF). Crustaceana. 71 (8): 862–869. doi:10.1163/156854098X00888.