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Ancylomenes

Ancylomenes is a genus of shrimp, erected in 2010 to accommodate the group of species around "Periclimenes aesopius". Members of the genus are widely distributed in the warm oceans of the world, and live in association with cnidarians; most are cleaner shrimp.

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Ancylomenes
Ancylomenes pedersoni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Ancylomenes
Okuno & Bruce, 2010
Type species
Periclimenes venustus
Bruce, 1990

Ancylomenes is a genus of shrimp, erected in 2010 to accommodate the group of species around "Periclimenes aesopius" (now Ancylomenes aesopius).1 Members of the genus are widely distributed in the warm oceans of the world, and live in association with cnidarians;2 most are cleaner shrimp.1

The genus Ancylomenes contains the following species:3

  • Ancylomenes adularans (Bruce, 2003)
  • Ancylomenes aesopius (Spence Bate, 1863)
  • Ancylomenes amirantei (Bruce, 2007)
  • Ancylomenes aqabai (Bruce, 2008)
  • Ancylomenes grandidens (Bruce, 2005)
  • Ancylomenes holthuisi (Bruce, 1969)
  • Ancylomenes kobayashii (Okuno & Nomura, 2002)
  • Ancylomenes kuboi Bruce, 2010
  • Ancylomenes longicarpus (Bruce & Svoboda, 1983)
  • Ancylomenes lucasi (Chace, 1937)
  • Ancylomenes luteomaculatus Okuno & Bruce, 2010
  • Ancylomenes magnificus (Bruce, 1979)
  • Ancylomenes okunoi Bruce, 2010
  • Ancylomenes pedersoni (Chace, 1958)
  • Ancylomenes sarasvati (Okuno, 2002)
  • Ancylomenes speciosus (Okuno, 2004)
  • Ancylomenes tenuirostris (Bruce, 1991)
  • Ancylomenes tosaensis (Kubo, 1951)
  • Ancylomenes venustus (Bruce, 1989)
  • Ancylomenes sarasvati at Wakatobi National Park
    Ancylomenes sarasvati at Wakatobi National Park
  • Ancylomenes sarasvati in the spotlight at Wakatobi National Park
    Ancylomenes sarasvati in the spotlight at Wakatobi National Park
  • Ancylomenes sarasvati with eggs
    Ancylomenes sarasvati with eggs
  • Ancylomenes sarasvati with eggs
    Ancylomenes sarasvati with eggs
  • Ancylomenes sarasvati at Diving Halmahera with Weda Resort
    Ancylomenes sarasvati at Diving Halmahera with Weda Resort
  • Ancylomenes sarasvati at Romblon, Philippines
    Ancylomenes sarasvati at Romblon, Philippines
  • Ancylomenes sarasvati at Lembeh, Indonesia
    Ancylomenes sarasvati at Lembeh, Indonesia
References

References

  1. J. Okuno & A. J. Bruce (2010). "Designation of Ancylomenes gen. nov., for the 'Periclimenes aesopius species group' (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae), with the description of a new species and a checklist of congeneric species" (PDF). In S. De Grave & C. H. J. M. Fransen (ed.). Contributions to shrimp taxonomy. Vol. 2372. pp. 85–105, 1–414. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2372.1.11. ISBN 978-1-86977-457-8. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  2. Bos AR, Hoeksema BW (2015). "Cryptobenthic fishes and co-inhabiting shrimps associated with the mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis (Fungiidae) in the Davao Gulf, Philippines". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 98 (6): 1479–1489. doi:10.1007/s10641-014-0374-0. S2CID 14834695.
  3. Charles Fransen & Sammy De Grave (2012). "Ancylomenes Okuno & Bruce, 2010". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
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