Emperor Shrimp

Q: Where can you find Emperor Shrimp?

Emperor Shrimp can be found in: Bali, Egypt East, Laccadive Islands, Mariana Islands, Saudi Arabia West, Malaysia East, Taiwan, Marshall Islands, Malaysia West, Hawaii, Somalia East, Vanuatu, Sudan, Brunei, China, Myanmar, Eritrea, Australia, Hong Kong, Kenya, India, Israel, USA West, Japan South, India West, Thailand West, Israel South, Somalia North, Australia East, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Vietnam, Seychelles, Indo-Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Polynesia, Singapore, Tanzania, Malaysia, USA, Red Sea, Japan, Indonesia, Chagos Islands, Mozambique, Jordan, Palau, Philippines, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Micronesia, Egypt, Tonga and Samoa, Yemen, Madagascar, Kiribati, Djibouti, Comoros, Fiji, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Somalia.

Periclimenes imperator

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Periclimenes imperator, known as the emperor shrimp, is a species of shrimp with a wide distribution across the Indo-Pacific. It lives commensally on a number of hosts, including the sea slug Hexabranchus.A. J. Bruce first described it in 1967 based on eight specimens ranging from 4 millimetres (0.16 in) to 7.6 millimetres (0.30 in), and found Periclimenes rex to be its best resemblance.

Periclimenes imperator lives in water up to 45 metres (148 ft) in depth, and can grow to a length of 1.9 centimetres (0.75 in).