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Squat anemone shrimp
Thor amboinensis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 107534, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Squat anemone shrimp
- Scientific
- Thor amboinensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Shrimps
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 60 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The squat anemone shrimp is a tiny shrimp, about 1 cm, with a brown to orange body marked with white, blue-edged spots. It lives among the tentacles of anemones, corals and mushroom corals and holds its tail raised, waving it rhythmically, which gives it the nickname sexy shrimp.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=41, 21 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Thor-amboinensis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107534
- inaturalist.org /taxa/128161
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Sexy_shrimp_(Thor_amboinensis)_(46722834061).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.