California Academy of Sciences, Philippine Coral Reef Gallery
The Philippine Coral Reef Tank focuses on the most diverse and fragile of marine ecosystems. From the main exhibit floor, visitors look down on a shallow, sandy lagoon -a calm, protected area inhabited by sharks, rays, and colorful fishes. Where the lagoon drops off to the deep reef, hundreds ...more ↓
Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp
Lysmata amboinensis, the northern cleaner shrimp, scarlet cleaner shrimp, skunk cleaner shrimp or Pacific cleaner shrimp, is an omnivorous shrimp species, which will generally scavenge and eat parasites and dead tissue. L. amboinensis is naturally part of the reef ecosystem, and is widespread in the Red Sea and tropical Indo-Pacific.
Banded Coral Shrimp
Stenopus hispidus is a shrimp-like decapod crustacean belonging to the infraorder Stenopodidea. Common names include banded coral shrimp and banded cleaner shrimp.
Peppermint Shrimp
Lysmata wurdemanni, commonly known as the peppermint shrimp, is a species of shrimp.
Harlequin Shrimp
Hymenocera picta, commonly known as the harlequin shrimp, is a species of saltwater shrimp found at coral reefs in the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans. It is usually considered the only species in the genus Hymenocera, but some split it into two species: H. picta from the central and east Pacific where the spots are deep pinkish-purple with a yellow edge, ...more ↓
Periclimenes
The genus Periclimenes contains a large number of species of shrimp that live symbiotically with larger animals, most commonly sea anemones, although some corals, sea stars, sea cucumbers. In the case of the imperial shrimp, P. imperator, the Spanish dancer sea slug, Hexabranchus sanguineus, is often the preferred host.
Squat Anemone Shrimp
Thor amboinensis, commonly known as the squat shrimp or sexy shrimp, is a species of shrimp found across the Indo-West Pacific and in parts of the Atlantic Ocean. It lives symbiotically on corals, sea anemones and other marine invertebrates in shallow reef communities.
Calcinus
Calcinus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae, containing the following species:
Neopetrolisthes
Neopetrolisthes is a genus of porcelain crabs that live on sea anemones., and contains the following three species:
