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|authority=(Nobili, 1904)<ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |author=De Grave, Sammy |year=2021 |title=''Zenopontonia soror'' (Nobili, 1904) |id=871471 |access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref> |
|authority=([[Giuseppe Nobili|Nobili]], 1904)<ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |author=De Grave, Sammy |year=2021 |title=''Zenopontonia soror'' (Nobili, 1904) |id=871471 |access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref> |
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|synonyms=*''Periclimenes bicolor''<small> Edmondson, 1935</small> |
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*''Periclimenes frater''<small> Borradaile, 1915</small> |
*''Periclimenes frater''<small> Borradaile, 1915</small> |
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Revision as of 20:49, 9 June 2021
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Zenopontonia |
| Species: | Z. soror
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Zenopontonia soror, the starfish shrimp or seastar shrimp,[1] is a species of shrimp in the family Palaemonidae. It is found in shallow water in the tropical Indo-Pacific region. It lives in association with a starfish, often changing its colour to match that of its host.
Description
Zenopontonia soror is a medium-sized shrimp growing to a length of about 1.5 cm (0.6 in). It has a sort, broad rostrum that curves downwards and has 10 or eleven teeth on its dorsal surface. It is liberally covered with small white spots, the main colour mimicking that of its host starfish; on Linckia laevigata it is blue; on Acanthaster it is two-coloured, bright red with a pale dorsal streak, and on Acanthaster it is a less-speckled, clear colour, sometimes with a transparent dorsal streak, blue or maroon, or sometimes white, yellow or pale green.[2]
References
- ^ a b c De Grave, Sammy (2021). "Zenopontonia soror (Nobili, 1904)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ Lamare, Véronique; Babin, Sylvie; Noel, Pierre (20 April 2021). "Zenopontonia soror (Nobili, 1904)" (in French). DORIS. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
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