Periclimenes madreporae
| Periclimenes madreporae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Periclimenes |
| Species: | P. madreporae
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| Binomial name | |
| Periclimenes madreporae Bruce, 1969
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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]
References
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Periclimenes madreporae Bruce, 1969". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ a b A.J. Bruce (1969). "Preliminary descriptions of sixteen new species of the genus Periclimenes Costa, 1844 (Crustacea, Decapoda Nantantia, Pontoniinae)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 43 (20): 253–278 [262]. ISSN 0024-0672. Wikidata Q89633023.
- ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Periclimenes madreporae". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 4 January 2023.