emperor shrimp

English

Noun

emperor shrimp (plural emperor shrimps or emperor shrimp)

  1. A species of true shrimp, Periclimenes imperator, living commensally on a number of hosts, including the sea slug Hexabranchus; it is found throughout the Indo-Pacific.

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