Periclimenes acanthimerus

{{Short description|Species of crustacean}}

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| taxon = Periclimenes acanthimerus

| authority = Bruce, 2006

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Periclimenes acanthimerus is a species of shrimp found in New Caledonia.{{cite journal |author=A. J. Bruce |year=2006 |title=An unusual new Periclimenes (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from New Caledonia |journal=Zoosystema |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=703–712 |url=http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/8645_z06n3a8.pdf |access-date=2010-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612061822/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/8645_z06n3a8.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-12 |url-status=dead }} It was first named by Alexander James Bruce in 2006.