COLEMAN SHRIMP Periclimenes colemani
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Found only on poisonous fire urchin Asthenosoma varium. Usually in pairs. This species have white to yellowish colored body and it’s covered with large purple spots. The legs and chelipeds are banded.When found inpairs the femanle is usually lrager up to 2 cm in length.Can be found on the venomous sea urchin Asthenosoma varium or we use to call it fire urchin. This shrimp is very rare because not all fire urchin have this shrimp and mostly this urchin can be found at deep are about 25m-30 m of depth.
Frequency of sightings:
RARE
Best time of year:
All year round
Remarks:
5-40 m depth; Female is larger than male.
Divesites seen at:
Batu Merah, Jahir 2, Makawide 3
Taxonomical order of this critter:
Invertebrate
Crustacean
Malacostraca
Shrimp
- Allopontonia iaini Shrimp
- Amboinensis Crinoid shrimp
- Anemone Shrimp
- Banded Coral shrimp
- Black coral shirmp
- Bubble Coral Shrimp
- Bumblebee Shrimp
- Coleman shrimp
- Crinoid shrimp
- Emperor shrimp
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