Pott's Crinoid Shrimp

Palaemonella pottsi

Size to 2.5 cm (1 in.)
It is a commensal shrimp with two major claw arms typically held at a 45-degree angle. Dark wide rostrum tapering to a point. Inflated abdomen.
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Japan, Hawaii.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda
FamilyPalaemonidae
GenusPalaemonella
SpeciesPalaemonella pottsi
Photographed in
Indonesia