Periclimenes dardanicola

Periclimenes dardanicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Periclimenes
Species:
P. dardanicola
Binomial name
Periclimenes dardanicola
Bruce & Okuno, 2006

Periclimenes dardanicola is a species of shrimp found in the western Pacific Ocean. It lives in association with sea anemones that live on the gastropod shells carried by hermit crabs.[1] It was first named by Alexander J. Bruce and Junji Okuno in 2006.[1] It is mainly white, and grows up to a carapace length of 4 mm (0.16 in).

  1. ^ a b Alexander J. Bruce & Junji Okuno (2006). "Periclimenes dardanicola n. sp., a new species of hermit crab associated shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from the western Pacific" (PDF). Zoosystema. 28 (2): 367–377. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2010-06-25.