Alex Mustard / Commensal emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) moves across the colourful red patterned surface of its host Candycane sea cucumber (Thelenota rubralineata). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesi...
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Alex Mustard / Reef lizardifsh (Synodus variegatus) at a cleaning station, being cleaned by Holthuis anemone shrimps (Ancylomenes holthuisi). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.
Nick Upton / Common prawns (Palaemon serratus) and a Rock goby (Gobius paganellus) feeding on a dead Montagu's crab (Xantho hydrophilus) in a rockpool, Cornwall, England, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Rock goby (Gobius paganellus) stealing food from a scavenging Common prawn (Palaemon serratus) in a rockpool, Cornwall, England, UK, September.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Peacock-tail anemone shrimp (Periclimenes brevicarpalis) living commensally with the Branching Sea Anemone (Actinodendron glomeratum). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Alex Mustard / Emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator / Zenopontonia rex) hitchhiking on large t-bar nudibranch (Ceratosoma trilobatum) The shrimp gains food source and protection on the toxic seaslug. Bitung, North...
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Jeff Rotman / Symbiotic emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator / Zenopontonia rex) living in the gills of a spanish nudibranch (Hexabranchus sanguineus) Red Sea, Egypt
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Pascal Kobeh / Coleman's bubble coral shrimp (Vir colemani) with its eggs in a bubble-coral (Plerogyra sinuoasa) where it is protected, New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean Completed Review
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Alex Mustard / Pair of Emperor shrimp (Zenopontonia rex / Periclimenes imperator) female is the larger one, hitch a ride on a large nudibranch (Tambja luteolineata) and pick food from the seabed with their claws. Bi...
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Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / White stripe urchin shrimp (Stegopontonia commensalis) among the spines of its host sea urchin. Commensal shrimp. Xiaoliuqiu Island, Taiwan
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Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Nudibranch (Ceratosoma sp) with commensal Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator), Philippines