Snakelocks shrimp (Periclimenes sagittifer)
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Researched by | Andrew Hosie | Refereed by | Admin |
Authority | (Norman, 1861) | ||
Other common names | - | Synonyms | - |
Summary
Description
Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland
Recorded only from Swanage Pier, Dorset, on mainland Britain but originally described from Jersey and also found in Guernsey.Global distribution
From the southwest Channel south to the Strait of Gibraltar.Habitat
Periclimenes sagittifer is only found in association with anemones particularly with the snakelocks anemone Anemonia viridis. The relationship may be parasitic rather than commensal, as the shrimp has been observed eating the tips of the tentacles when kept in aquaria.Depth range
-Identifying features
- Rostrum well developed with 7-9 dorsal and 3-4 ventral teeth.
- Second pereopods distinctly uneven.
- Transverse stripe on the second abdominal segment.
- Posteriorly directed chevron on the third abdominal segment.
Additional information
The related species, Periclimenes aegylios, found in the Mediterranean, is easily confused with Periclimenes sagittifer, but can be distinguished by the two oval spots and the more elongate chevron on the second and third abdominal segments. Grippa and d'Udekem d'Acoz (1994) in their review of the Periclimenes sp. of the Mediterranean state that the specimens described as being Periclimenes sagittifer by Alvarez (1968) in fact belong to another unknown species of Periclimenes.Listed by
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Bibliography
Datasets
NBN (National Biodiversity Network) Atlas. Available from: https://www.nbnatlas.org.
OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System), 2023. Global map of species distribution using gridded data. Available from: Ocean Biogeographic Information System. www.iobis.org. Accessed: 2023-09-22
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Last Updated: 22/12/2008