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Periclimenes mahei

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Species of crustacean

Periclimenes mahei
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. mahei
Binomial name
Periclimenes mahei
Bruce, 1969
Holotype site: North West Bay, Mahé

Periclimenes mahei is a species of saltwater shrimp in the family, Palaemonidae, and was first described in 1969 by Alexander James Bruce.

The egg-bearing holotype was collected at depth of 1-2 fathoms in North West Bay, Mahé, in the Seychelles.

It is found in shallow subtidal waters on Acropora and madrepore corals. In Australia it is found in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland. It is also found in waters off Zanzibar, the Seychelles, the Comoro Islands, Tuomoto, and Amirante Islands.


References

  1. ^ A.J. Bruce (1969). "Preliminary descriptions of sixteen new species of the genus Periclimenes Costa, 1844 (Crustacea, Decapoda Nantantia, Pontoniinae)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 43 (20): 253–278 . ISSN 0024-0672. Wikidata Q89633023.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Periclimenes mahei Bruce, 1969". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Periclimenes mahei". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 4 January 2023.

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