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Stegopontonia commensalis (White-Stripe Urchin Shrimp)
Scientific name: Stegopontonia commensalis

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Arthropoda → Subphylum Crustacea → Superclass Multicrustacea → Class Malacostraca → Subclass Eumalacostraca → Superorder Eucarida → Order Decapoda → Suborder Pleocyemata → Infraorder Caridea → Superfamily Palaemonoidea → Family Palaemonidae → Genus Stegopontonia

Common name: White-Stripe Urchin Shrimp
Locations: Hawaii
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesShrimps

These have purple and white striped bodies, to blend in with their host urchin.

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