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Bubble coral shrimp
Palaemonella philippinensis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 1646824, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Bubble coral shrimp
- Scientific
- Palaemonella philippinensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Shrimps
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 7 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The bubble coral shrimp is a small, transparent shrimp that lives among the bubble-like vesicles of bubble corals.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=8, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Palaemonella-philippinensis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1646824
- inaturalist.org /taxa/1474213
- inaturalist.org /observations/179415348
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.