Laomenes holthuisi Commensal Crinoid Shrimp

Laomenes holthuisi is commonly referred to as Commensal Crinoid Shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Ülar Tikk, Estland

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Scientific:: Laomenes holthuisi
German:: Federsterngarnele, Haarsterngarnele
English:: Commensal Crinoid Shrimp

Category:: Reker

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Laomenes (Genus) > holthuisi (Species)
Initial determination:: Marin & Okuno, 2010

Occurrence:: Japan, Papua New Guinea
Sea depth:: 0 - 146 Meter
Size:: 0.39" - 0.39" (1,2cm - 1,5cm)
Temperature:: 74.66 °F - 84.2 °F (23.7°C - 29°C)
Food:: Copepods, Dustfood , Mucus, No reliable information available, Plankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-04-05 17:59:46
Last edit:: 2024-12-03 21:40:58

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Laomenes holthuisi Bruce, 2014

Laomenes is a genus of shrimp that currently includes only 9 described species.

Feather star shrimp live commensally on feather stars and are perfectly adapted to their host with their color/pattern. Laomenes holthuisi has a white base color with black spots and yellow eyes. In the photo, the adaptation to the color pattern of the feather star, which is also white-black-yellow, can be clearly seen.

Unfortunately, no further information is available.

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Laomenes holthuisi sp. nov., a new species of crinoid-associated pontoniine shrimp (decapoda, caridea, palaemonidae) from the izu islands, japan, with some remarks on japanese species of the genus laomenes clark, 1915 (en). Abgerufen am 05.04.2021.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 05.04.2021.

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