''Periclimenes imperator'', known as the emperor shrimp, is a species of

shrimp Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are refer ...

with a wide distribution across the

Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...

. It lives commensally on a number of hosts, including the sea slug ''

Hexabranchus Hexabranchidae is a monotypic family of colorful nudibranchs (often called "sea slugs") which contains only a single genus ''Hexabranchus'', with two species, and has no subfamilies. This family is one of the many families of dorid nudibranchs ...

''.

A. J. Bruce A is the first letter of the Latin and English alphabet. A may also refer to: Science and technology Quantities and units * ''a'', a measure for the attraction between particles in the Van der Waals equation * ''A'' value, a measure o ...

first described it in 1967 based on eight specimens ranging from to , and found ''

Periclimenes rex ''Periclimenes'', commonly known as glass shrimp or cleaner shrimp, is a commensal and often symbiotic genus of semi-transparent shrimp within the family Palaemonidae. Species of this large genus feature a wide variety of coloration and patterns, ...

'' to be its best resemblance. ''Periclimenes imperator'' lives in water up to in depth, and can grow to a length of .

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* Palaemonidae Crustaceans described in 1967 Taxa named by Alexander James Bruce {{Caridea-stub