Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Seastar shrimp
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Photo: Kai Squires / iNaturalist, CC BY 4.0 (view on iNaturalist)iNaturalist research-grade observation.

Seastar shrimp

Zenopontonia soror

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 871471, checked 2026-10-31).

English
Seastar shrimp
Scientific
Zenopontonia soror
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Shrimps
Family
Palaemonidae (cleaner, anemone and coral shrimps)
IUCN status
NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)

Description

The seastar shrimp is a tiny shrimp that lives on the underside of sea stars and matches its host's colour, so it is very hard to see.

In the Maldives

Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=15, 8 observers).

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.