Tags: Crustacean.

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. It was first named by Alexander J. Bruce and Junji Okuno in 2006. It is mainly white and grows up to a carapace length of 4 mm (0.16 in).

Dardanus_pedunculatus_(Hermit_crab).jpg
class
Malacostraca
family
Palaemonidae
genus
Periclimenes
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda, Caridea
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean

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