Urocaridella antonbruunii

Urocaridella antonbruunii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Urocaridella
Species: U. antonbruunii
Binomial name
Urocaridella antonbruunii
(A. J. Bruce, 1967)
Synonyms [1]
  • Periclimenes antonbruunii Bruce, 1967
  • Leandrites cyrtorhynchus Fujino & Miyake, 1969

Urocaridella antonbruunii is a species of shrimp found in the Comoros.[1] It was first named by A. J. Bruce in 1967.[1] This is the first shrimp reported cleaning sleeping rabbitfish Siganus canaliculatus at night.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sammy De Grave (2010). "Urocaridella antonbruunii (Bruce, 1967b)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  2. A.R. Bos & C.J.H.M. Fransen (2018). "Nocturnal cleaning of sleeping rabbitfish, Siganus canaliculatus, by the cleaner shrimp Urocaridella antonbruunii (Decapoda: Palaemonidae)". Crustaceana. 91 (2): 239–241.


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