Periclimenes madreporae
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| Periclimenes madreporae | |
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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. madreporae |
| Binomial name | |
| Periclimenes madreporae Bruce, 1969 | |
Periclimenes madreporae is a species of saltwater shrimp in the family, Palaemonidae, and was first described in 1969 by Alexander James Bruce.[1][2]
The male holotype and paratype were collected from Erskine Island, in the Capricorn Group of the Great Barrier Reef at a depth 3-6 fathoms in February 1966.[2]
In Australia it is found in New South Wales and Queensland.[3] It is also found in waters off La Réunion, Solomon Islands, Caroline Islands, Society and Tuamoto Islands.[3]
