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Anker's whip coral shrimp
Pontonides ankeri
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 514756, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Anker's whip coral shrimp
- Scientific
- Pontonides ankeri
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Shrimps
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 42 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A tiny shrimp that lives on whip corals and black corals, matching the colour of its host.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=11, 6 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Pontonides-ankeri.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=514756
- inaturalist.org /taxa/121254
- inaturalist.org /observations/358846301
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.