Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp
Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp
Scientific Name: Pontonides ankeri
Infraorder: Caridea
Category: Shrimps
Size: Up to 0.6 in. (1.5 cm)  
Depth: 10-100 ft. (3-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii

Invertebrates
Crustaceans
Shrimps

Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp

Bubble Coral Shrimp

Sarasvati Anemone Shrimp

Magnificent Anemone Shrimp

Graceful Anemone Shrimp

Holthuis' Anemone Shrimp

Yellow-Spotted Anemone Shrimp

Egg Shell Shrimp

Rounded Sea Star Shrimp

Starry Coral Shrimp

Spotted-Arm Cuapetes Shrimp

Red Claw Cuapetes Shrimp

Cuapetes sp. 1

Marbled Shrimp

Saw-Blade Shrimp

Ocellated Tozeuma Shrimp

Roughback Shrimp

Stimpson's Snapping Shrimp

Deman's Snapping Shrimp

Tiger Snapping Shrimp

Alpheus sp. 1

Harlequin Shrimp

Spiny Tiger Shrimp

Purple Urchin Shrimp

Donald Duck Shrimp

Japanese Rock Shrimp

Humpback Prawn

Solenocera sp. 1

Dancing Shrimp

Reticulated Hinge-Beak Shrimp

Clear Cleaner Shrimp

Urocaridella sp. 1

Urocaridella sp. 2

Two Claw Shrimp

Red Night Shrimp

Carribean Velvet Shrimp

Red Snapping Shrimp

Striped Bumblebee Shrimp

Squat Anemone Shrimp

Antiguan Cave Shrimp

Hairy Shrimp

Cryptic Sponge Shrimp

Pederson Cleaner Shrimp

Sponge Peppermint Shrimp

Scarlet-Striped Cleaning Shrimp

White-Banded Cleaner Shrimp

Spotted Cleaner Shrimp

Sun Anemone Shrimp

Red and White Crinoid Shrimp

Emperor Shrimp

Peacock-Tail Anemone Shrimp

Coleman Shrimp

Sea Star Shrimp

Mushroom Coral Shrimp

Periclimenaeus storchi

Wire Coral Shrimp

Dragon Shrimp

Translucent Gorgonian Shrimp

Ambon Crinoid Shrimp

Tiger Crinoid Shrimp

Laomenes sp. 1

Laomenes sp. 2

Laomenes sp. 3

Horned Sea Pen Shrimp

Zanzibar Whip Coral Shrimp

True Crabs
Mantis Shrimps
Squat Lobsters
Slipper Lobsters
Porcelain Crabs
Isopods
Skeleton Shrimps
Barnacles
Horseshoe Crabs
Sea Spiders
Hermit Crabs
Boxer Shrimps
Ghost Shrimps
Spiny Lobsters
Reef Lobsters

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