Periclimenes mahei
| Periclimenes mahei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Periclimenes |
| Species: | P. mahei
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| Binomial name | |
| Periclimenes mahei Bruce, 1969
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Periclimenes mahei is a species of saltwater shrimp in the family, Palaemonidae, and was first described in 1969 by Alexander James Bruce.[2][1]
The egg-bearing holotype was collected at depth of 1-2 fathoms in North West Bay, Mahé, in the Seychelles.[1]
It is found in shallow subtidal waters on Acropora and madrepore corals.[3] In Australia it is found in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland.[3] It is also found in waters off Zanzibar, the Seychelles, the Comoro Islands, Tuomoto, and Amirante Islands.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c 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 [263]. ISSN 0024-0672. Wikidata Q89633023.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Periclimenes mahei Bruce, 1969". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Periclimenes mahei". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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