Ancylomenes luteomaculatus (Yellow-spotted anemone shrimp)
Identification
Translucent with yellow to golden and orange to reddish patches on the sides, yellow, red and white saddle marking on the abdominal hump, white claw arms with purple banding.
Status
Unidentified by the IUCN Red list, but commonly distributed in the tropics.
Habitat
West Pacific and Japan. It lives on tube dwelling anemones such as Pachycerianthus sp. and several other species.
Reproduction
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Size
Up to 3,5cm.
Prey / Predation
It feeds on (zoo)plankton.
Special features
Acts a cleaner shrimp. It was formerly named Periclimenes luteomaculatus, and has only very recently been described (2010) as Ancylomenes luteomaculatus.
