Periclimenes mahei | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]