Periclimenella spinifera Shrimp

Periclimenella spinifera is commonly referred to as Shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3905 

AphiaID:

246393 

Scientific:

Periclimenella spinifera 

German:

Partnergarnele 

English:

Shrimp 

Category:

Garnalen 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Periclimenella (Genus) > spinifera (Species) 

Initial determination:

(De Man, ), 1902 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Aldabra Group, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, China, Fiji, French Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mayotte, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion , Samoa, Singapore, Tansania, the Seychelles 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

1 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

associated with with coral skeletons, Coral reefs, Coral rubble substrate, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Periclimenella spinifera
  Partnergarnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-11-16 10:10:12 

Last edit:

2025-09-02 14:15:14 

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