Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Rounded Sea Star Shrimp
Zenopontonia noverca
Rounded Sea Star Shrimp
Category: Commensal Shrimps
Scientific Name: Zenopontonia noverca
Size: Up to 3/8 in. (1.1 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Caridea (Infraorder)
        └Palaemonoidea (Superfamily)
         └Palaemonidae (Family)
          └Zenopontonia (Genus)
           └Z. noverca (Species)
WoRMS ID: 220203🔗
iNaturalist ID: 894684🔗

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