Ancylomenes
| Ancylomenes | |
|---|---|
| Ancylomenes pedersoni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Ancylomenes Okuno & Bruce, 2010 |
| Type species | |
| Periclimenes venustus Bruce, 1990 | |
Ancylomenes is a genus of shrimp, erected in 2010 to accommodate the group of species around "Periclimenes aesopius" (now Ancylomenes aesopius). Members of the genus are widely distributed in the warm oceans of the world, and live in association with cnidarians; most are cleaner shrimp.
The genus Ancylomenes contains the following species:
- Ancylomenes adularans (Bruce, 2003)
- Ancylomenes aesopius (Spence Bate, 1863)
- Ancylomenes amirantei (Bruce, 2007)
- Ancylomenes aqabai (Bruce, 2008)
- Ancylomenes grandidens (Bruce, 2005)
- Ancylomenes holthuisi (Bruce, 1969)
- Ancylomenes kobayashii (Okuno & Nomura, 2002)
- Ancylomenes kuboi Bruce, 2010
- Ancylomenes longicarpus (Bruce & Svoboda, 1983)
- Ancylomenes lucasi (Chace, 1937)
- Ancylomenes luteomaculatus Okuno & Bruce, 2010
- Ancylomenes magnificus (Bruce, 1979)
- Ancylomenes okunoi Bruce, 2010
- Ancylomenes pedersoni (Chace, 1958)
- Ancylomenes sarasvati (Okuno, 2002)
- Ancylomenes speciosus (Okuno, 2004)
- Ancylomenes tenuirostris (Bruce, 1991)
- Ancylomenes tosaensis (Kubo, 1951)
- Ancylomenes venustus (Bruce, 1989)
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