Periclimenes amethysteus

Periclimenes amethysteus is a species of shrimp found in the Adriatic and Aegean Sea, and the western Mediterranean Sea.^[1] It was first named by Antoine Risso in 1827.^[1]

Periclimenes amethysteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Palaemonidae
Genus:	Periclimenes
Species:	P. amethysteus
Binomial name
Periclimenes amethysteus (Risso, 1827)