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Family Palaemonidae

Lipkemenes lanipes

Kemp, 1922

Basket Star Shrimp

Likely Reef Tank Suitable

Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean

Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow coral reefs and seen living with Basket Stars.

Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home aquarium trade.

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Arthropoda

    Class: Malacostraca

    Order: Decapoda

    Family: Palaemonidae

    Genus: Lipkemenes

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

Depends upon the cleaning process for its food.

Nocturnal.

 Lipkemenes lanipes (Basket Star Shrimp)
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