Whitestripe Urchin Shrimp

Q: Where can you find Whitestripe Urchin Shrimp?

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

Stegopontonia commensalis

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Stegopontonia commensalis is a species of shrimp (decapod crustaceans) of the family Palaemonidae, the only representative of the genus Stegopontonia.

Description
They are very small shrimps of elongated and fusiform shape, the size of which does not exceed 3 cm long. They are longitudinally streaked with dark purple and white, imitating the quills of their host, the ends being slightly lighter.

This shrimp is a commensal symbiote of large venomous sea urchins of the genera Diadema, Echinothrix and Astropyga.

Habitat and distribution
This species is found at shallow depths in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific, where it follows the distribution of its hosts.