Ancylomenes

Ancylomenes is a genus of shrimp, erected in 2010 to accommodate the group of species around "Periclimenes aesopius" (now Ancylomenes aesopius).^[1] Members of the genus are widely distributed in the warm oceans of the world, and live in association with cnidarians;^[2] most are cleaner shrimp.^[1]

Ancylomenes
Ancylomenes pedersoni
Scientific classification
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

The genus Ancylomenes contains the following species:^[3]

• 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)

Gallery

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  Ancylomenes sarasvati at Wakatobi National Park
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  Ancylomenes sarasvati in the spotlight at Wakatobi National Park
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  Ancylomenes sarasvati with eggs
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  Ancylomenes sarasvati with eggs
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  Ancylomenes sarasvati at Diving Halmahera with Weda Resort
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  Ancylomenes sarasvati at Romblon, Philippines
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  Ancylomenes sarasvati at Lembeh, Indonesia