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Periclimenaeus
Periclimenaeus is a genus of decapod crustaceans of the family Palaemonidae which is part of the infraorder Caridea. The genus was named by the English carcinologist Lancelot Alexander Borradaile in 1915. He set out the distinguishing features of the genus as:
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Periclimenaeus storchi
speciesPericlimenaeus storchi

Periclimenaeus aurantiacus
speciesPericlimenaeus aurantiacus

Periclimenaeus colodactylus
speciesPericlimenaeus colodactylus

Periclimenaeus devaneyi
speciesPericlimenaeus devaneyi

Periclimenaeus perlatus
speciesPericlimenaeus perlatus

Periclimenaeus spinosus
speciesPericlimenaeus spinosus

Periclimenaeus caraibicus
speciesPericlimenaeus caraibicus
Periclimenaeus pacificus
speciesPericlimenaeus pacificus
Periclimenaeus bredini
speciesPericlimenaeus bredini
Periclimenaeus hancocki
speciesPericlimenaeus hancocki
Periclimenaeus tridentatus
speciesPericlimenaeus tridentatus
Periclimenaeus matherae
speciesPericlimenaeus matherae
Periclimenaeus kottae
speciesPericlimenaeus kottae
Periclimenaeus ancylodactylus
speciesPericlimenaeus ancylodactylus
Periclimenaeus forcipulatus
speciesPericlimenaeus forcipulatus
Periclimenaeus tchesunovi
speciesPericlimenaeus tchesunovi
Quarantine Shrimp
speciesPericlimenaeus karantina
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 248190.