Periclimenes brevicarpalis

Periclimenes brevicarpalis can reach a length of 0.5 to 1.0 inch. The body is almost transparent, with some white spots over carapace and tail and orange spots outlined in black over the caudal fin. Females are larger than males and have more white spots. This species lives symbiotically with sea anemones, corals and jellyfish. Males attain similar average body sizes than females suggesting that the species is gonochoric and monogamous due to the fact that pairs of shrimp inhabit the same host individual in the field.{{cite journal |last1=Prakash |first1=Sanjeevi |last2=Kumar |first2=Thipramalai T. Ajith |last3=Subramoniam |first3=Thanumalaya |last4=Baeza |first4=J. Antonio |title=Sexual system and sexual dimorphism in the shrimp Periclimenes brevicarpalis (Schenkel, 1902) (Caridea: Palaemonidae), symbiotic with the sea anemone Stichodactyla haddoni (Saville-Kent, 1893) in the Gulf of Mannar, India |journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology |date=2017 |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=332–339 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26792832 |issn=0278-0372}}

This species can be found in the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, including Australia.

• {{cite journal |last1=Bruce |first1=A. J. |title=A report on some pontoniinid shrimps collected from the Seychelle Islands by the F.R.V. Manihine, 1972, with a review of the Seychelles pontoniinid shrimp fauna |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |date=1 September 1976 |volume=59 |issue=2 |pages=89–153 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1976.tb01012.x |url=https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1976.tb01012.x |issn=0024-4082|url-access=subscription }}

• [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210601 WoRMS]
• [http://eol.org/pages/1039969/overview Encyclopedia of Life]
• [http://www.freshmarine.com/glass-anemone-shrimp.html Freshmarine]

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Category:Palaemonidae

Category:Crustaceans described in 1902

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