Sarasvati Anemone Shrimp

Ancylomenes sarasvati

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Ancylomenes
Species: Ancylomenes sarasvati

The Sarasvati anemone shrimp (Ancylomenes sarasvati) is a small, transparent shrimp with white and purple-blue spots on its body. It was formerly placed in the genus Periclimenes.

It lives in association with sea anemones and corallimorphs, sheltering among their tentacles. Like many relatives, it may clean small fish that visit its host.

In the Philippines it is found on reefs and sandy slopes, usually in small groups on its host anemone.