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Starfish Shrimp - Periclimenes soror Diver&#039;s Lodge House Reef, Lembeh.<br />
The ever tiny starfish shrimp in her Culcita novaguineae host star. Geotagged,Indonesia,Periclimenes soror,Spring,Starfish shrimp Click/tap to enlarge

Starfish Shrimp - Periclimenes soror

Diver's Lodge House Reef, Lembeh.
The ever tiny starfish shrimp in her Culcita novaguineae host star.

    comments (4)

  1. Ahhh, so cute! Posted 6 years ago
    1. Thanks :-) Posted 6 years ago
  2. Great capture! I agree that it is a cutie! Posted 6 years ago
    1. Thanks, Lisa! ;-) Posted 6 years ago

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''Periclimenes soror'', also called the starfish shrimp is a species of shrimp that lives as a symbiont with starfishes.''Periclimenes soror'' is a species of little shrimp with a truncated rostris, and showing a wide variety of coats, but often with a distinctive white stripe or white dots pattern on the back. The rest of the body varies with the host starfish: it is often "a deep purple red" when living on ''Culcita'', ''Protoreaster'' or ''Pentaceraster'', but red with a white dorsal stripe when.. more

Similar species: Decapods
Species identified by Patomarazul
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Uploaded Oct 20, 2018. Captured May 23, 2018 05:23 in Unnamed Road, Indonesia.
  • TG-5
  • f/4.5
  • 1/320s
  • ISO100
  • 8.41mm