| Periclimenes madreporae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Periclimenes |
| Species: | P. madreporae |
| Binomial name | |
| Periclimenes madreporae Bruce, 1969 | |
Periclimenes madreporae is a species of saltwater shrimp in the family, Palaemonidae, and was first described in 1969 by Alexander James Bruce.
The male holotype and paratype were collected from Erskine Island, in the Capricorn Group of the Great Barrier Reef at a depth 3-6 fathoms in February 1966.
In Australia it is found in New South Wales and Queensland. It is also found in waters off La Réunion, Solomon Islands, Caroline Islands, Society and Tuamoto Islands.
References
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Periclimenes madreporae Bruce, 1969". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ A.J. Bruce (1969). "Preliminary descriptions of sixteen new species of the genus Periclimenes Costa, 1844 (Crustacea, Decapoda Nantantia, Pontoniinae)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 43 (20): 253–278 . ISSN 0024-0672. Wikidata Q89633023.
- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Periclimenes madreporae". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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