Bold-spotted Anemone Shrimp
Thor amboinensis
Features
Bold patterning; characteristically holds body higher than head. To 20 mm.
Notes
Variety of hosts, but usually anemones.
On reefs; found on Haddon’s Anemone in channels and pools at Dunwich. Northern Australia; Indo-Pacific region.
Bold-spotted Anemone Shrimp, Thor amboinensis. Photo courtesy Ian Banks.
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