Reeflings
Phylum

Common name: Arthropods

Scientific name: Arthropoda

Arthropoda is the largest phylum in the animal kingdom, encompassing a vast array of species including crustaceans like shrimps, crabs, and lobsters, which are popular in reef aquariums. These invertebrates are known for their exoskeleton, segmented bodies, and jointed appendages. In reef tanks, they play crucial roles in the ecosystem, from cleaning up detritus to serving as part of the food chain. Their diverse behaviors and interactions with other tank inhabitants make them fascinating to observe and study.

  1. Orangutan crab (Achaeus japonicus), is a crab of the family Inachidae (spider crabs or decorator crabs) at the Derawan Islands, Indonesia.  Underwater Photography and marine life.
    Common name: Orangutang crab
    Scientific name: Achaeus japonicus
  2. Squat lobsters and whip coral goby
    Common name: Elegant squat lobster
    Scientific name: Allogalathea elegans
  3. Red snapping shrimp (Alpheus armatus) hiding in a corkscrew anemone in the Caribbean, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras
    Common name: brown snapping shrimp
    Scientific name: Alpheus armatus
  4. Postage stamp.  Alpheus bellulus.
    Common name: Beautiful goby shrimp
    Scientific name: Alpheus bellulus
  5. Red snapping shrimp (Alpheus armatus) hiding in a corkscrew anemone in the Caribbean, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras
    Common name: red snapping shrimp
    Scientific name: Alpheus bisincisus
  6. Gold-streaked prawn-goby and  Djeddah snapping shrimp
    Common name: Djeddah snapping shrimp
    Scientific name: Alpheus djeddensis
  7. Common name: Immaculate Pistol Shrimp
    Scientific name: Alpheus immaculatus
  8. Common name: fine-striped snapping shrimp
    Scientific name: Alpheus ochrostriatus
  9. Common name: Pacific Pistol Shrimp
    Scientific name: Alpheus pacificus
  10. Flagtail Shrimpgoby (Amblyeleotris yanoi) live together with Randall's snapping shrimp (Alpheus randalli). Underwater symbiosis. Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
    Common name: Randall's Pistol Shrimp
    Scientific name: Alpheus randalli
  11. Common name: Red-spotted Pistol Shrimp
    Scientific name: Alpheus rubromaculatus
  12. Common name: Twin Snapping Shrimp
    Scientific name: Alpheus soror
  13. Holthuis Cleaner Shrimp, Ancylomenes holthuisi at a Puerto Galera tropical coral reef in the Philippines. This transparent shrimp is hiding among the tentacles of a beautiful sea anemone
    Common name: Holthuis' Shrimp
    Scientific name: Ancylomenes holthuisi
  14. Sarasvati Anemone Shrimp Ancylomenes sarasvati
    Common name: Sarasvati Anemone Shrimp
    Scientific name: Ancylomenes sarasvati
  15. Portrait of a regal slipper lobster (Arctides regalis) also called shovel-nosed lobster; Hawaii, United States of America
    Common name: Regal Slipper lobster
    Scientific name: Arctides regalis
  16. Closeup portrait of Hermit Crab (Pagurus samuelis) on sand in Corcovado National Park, Panama.
    Common name: Blueband Hermit Crab
    Scientific name: Calcinus californiensis
  17. Elegant Hermit Crab (Aniculus elegans)
    Common name: Electric Blue hermit crab
    Scientific name: Calcinus elegans
  18. Close-up of hermit crab Calcinus laevimanus
    Common name: Hawaiian hermit
    Scientific name: Calcinus laevimanus
  19. Common name: orangeclaw hermit
    Scientific name: Calcinus tibicen
  20. Camposcia retusa, known commonly as the spider decorator crab
    Common name: Spider Decorator Crab
    Scientific name: Camposcia retusa
  21. Carpilius convexus EG-14
    Common name: Variable Coral Crab
    Scientific name: Carpilius convexus
  22. Seven-Eleven Crab in Hawaii
    Common name: Seven-eleven Crab
    Scientific name: Carpilius maculatus
  23. Spider Squat Lobster (Chirostylus dolichopus) at Santa Sofia II dive site in Sogod Bay, Southern Leyte, Philippines.  Underwater photography and travel.
    Common name: Spider Squat Lobster
    Scientific name: Chirostylus dolichopus
  24. Halloween Hermit Crab, Ringelsocken-Einsiedlerkrebs (Ciliopagurus strigatus)
    Common name: Halloween hermit crab
    Scientific name: Ciliopagurus strigatus
  25. Common name: Henderson's hinge-beak shrimp
    Scientific name: Cinetorhynchus hendersoni
  26. red night shrimp
    Common name: Manning hingebeak
    Scientific name: Cinetorhynchus manningi
  27. Green-eye Dancing Shrimp (Cinetorhynchus reticulatus) close up of the orange/ red colored shrimp sitting on the reef.
    Common name: reticulated hingebeak
    Scientific name: Cinetorhynchus reticulatus
  28. Red Legged Hermit Crab in Mexico beach sand
    Common name: Mexican Red-Leg Hermit Crab
    Scientific name: Clibanarius digueti
  29. Clibanarius tricolor, hermit crab
    Common name: Blue-legged Hermit Crab
    Scientific name: Clibanarius rutilus
  30. Clibanarius tricolor, hermit crab
    Common name: tricolor hermit
    Scientific name: Clibanarius tricolor
  31. Decorator Spider Crab, Turberkel Spinnenkrabbe (Cyclocoeloma tuberculata)
    Common name: Corallimorph Decorator Crab
    Scientific name: Cyclocoeloma tuberculata
  32. Hermit crab, Dardanus guttatus.
    Common name: Blue-Spotted hermit crab
    Scientific name: Dardanus guttatus
  33. Hermit Crab - Dardanus lagopodes
    Common name: hairy red hermit crab
    Scientific name: Dardanus lagopodes
  34. Weiss-Gepunkteter Einsiedlerkrebs - Dardanus megistos
    Common name: White-spotted hermit crab
    Scientific name: Dardanus megistos
  35. Anemone hermit crab
    Common name: Anemone Hermit Crab
    Scientific name: Dardanus pedunculatus
  36. Soft coral partner shrimp (Dasycaris ceratops) hide in their habitat, Tulumben, Bali, Indonesia
    Common name: Horned Sea Pen Shrimp
    Scientific name: Dasycaris ceratops
  37. Zanzibar whip coral shrimp, Dasycaris zanzibarica
    Common name: Zanzibar Whip Coral Shrimp
    Scientific name: Dasycaris zanzibarica
  38. Reef Lobster, Enoplometopus daumi, a small tropical reef lobster with red and purple coloring, enoplometopus debelius
    Common name: Debelius reef lobster
    Scientific name: Enoplometopus debelius
  39. Common name: bullseye reef lobster
    Scientific name: Enoplometopus holthuisi
  40. Red reef lobster, Enoplometopus occidentalis, Hawaii, USA
    Common name: red reef lobster
    Scientific name: Enoplometopus occidentalis
  41. Antarctic Krill
    Common name: Antarctic krill
    Scientific name: Euphausia superba
  42. Common name: Speckled sea louse
    Scientific name: Eurydice pulchra
  43. Common name: Marley's Gnathiid
    Scientific name: Gnathia marleyi
  44. Bumble bee shrimp
    Common name: Striped Bumblebee Shrimp
    Scientific name: Gnathophyllum americanum
  45. Peacock Mantis Shrimp
    Common name: Peacock Mantis Shrimp
    Scientific name: Gonodactylus bredini
  46. mantis shrimp (Gonodactylus chiragra) from Bohol, Philippines isolated on white background
    Common name: Peacock Mantis Shrimp
    Scientific name: Gonodactylus chiragra
  47. Gonodactylus smithii
    Common name: Peacock Mantis Shrimp
    Scientific name: Gonodactylus smithii
  48. Boschma`s Gorgonian Shrimp (Hamodactylus boschmai
    Common name: coral shrimp
    Scientific name: Hamodactylus boschmai
  49. Sexy Shrimp on Soft Coral
    Common name: Sexy Shrimp
    Scientific name: Hamodactylus noumeae
  50. Egg Shell Shrimp - Hamopontonia corallicola
    Common name: Mushroom coral shrimp
    Scientific name: Hamopontonia corallicola
  51. Peacock Mantis Shrimp
    Common name: Peacock Mantis Shrimp
    Scientific name: Haptosquilla pulchella
  52. Mantis Shrimp, Peacock Mantis, Odomodactylus scylla, Coral Reef, Lembeh, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Asia
    Common name: Mantis Shrimp
    Scientific name: Hemisquilla ensigera
  53. Calico crab (Leopard Crab) (Hepatus epheliticus) running across a sandy beach at St. Pete Beach, Florida
    Common name: calico box crab
    Scientific name: Hepatus epheliticus
  54. Soft Coral Crab Hoplophrys oatesi
    Common name: Soft coral crab
    Scientific name: Hoplophrys oatesi
  55. Incredible underwater world - Hymenocera picta - Harlequin shrimp. Eating/feeding starfish. Underwater macro photography. Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
    Common name: harlequin shrimp
    Scientific name: Hymenocera picta
  56. Spider crab, inachus phalangium and snakelocks anemone
    Common name: anemone spider crab
    Scientific name: Inachus phalangium
  57. scuba diving lembeh indonesia spotted porcelain crab underwater
    Common name: Spotted Porcelain Crab
    Scientific name: Janira maculosa
  58. Common name: Variable crinoid shrimp
    Scientific name: Laomenes ceratophthalmus
  59. ラオメネス・コルヌトゥス
    Common name: Harlequin Shrimp
    Scientific name: Laomenes cornutus
  60. Textura de papel color marrón. Texturizado. Papel o cajas de cartón. Papel regalo.
    Common name: Rough Box Crab
    Scientific name: Latreillia valida
  61. Hairy Squat Lobster
    Common name: Hairy squat lobster
    Scientific name: Lauriea siagiani
  62. Donald Duck shrimp
    Common name: Plume shrimp
    Scientific name: Leander plumosus
  63. Goose barnacles (Lepas anserifera Linnea) live in the sand.
 and clings to floating material in the water, Phala Beach, Rayong, Thailand
    Common name: goose barnacle
    Scientific name: Lepas anserifera
  64. Horseshoe crab or Limulus polyphemus isolated on white background
    Common name: Horseshoe crab
    Scientific name: Limulus polyphemus
  65. Harlequin swimming crab or Lissocarcinus laevis
    Common name: Harlequin Crab
    Scientific name: Lissocarcinus laevis
  66. Sea cucumber crab Lissocarcinus orbicularis
    Common name: sea cucumber crab
    Scientific name: Lissocarcinus orbicularis
  67. Cangrejo boxeador / Lybia tessellata
    Common name: Mosaic Boxer Crab
    Scientific name: Lybia tessellata
  68. Lagoon Mantis Shrimp, Lysiosquilla tredecimdentata
    Common name: golden mantis shrimp
    Scientific name: Lysiosquilla tredecimdentata
  69. Tomato grouper (Cephalopholis sonnerati) being cleaned by a cleaner shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) in Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
    Common name: Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
    Scientific name: Lysmata amboinensis
  70. Common name: Anker's Pistol Shrimp
    Scientific name: Lysmata ankeri
  71. Close-up of live Peppermint Shrimp under water
    Common name: Peppermint Shrimp
    Scientific name: Lysmata bahia
  72. Close-up of live Peppermint Shrimp under water
    Common name: Peppermint Shrimp
    Scientific name: Lysmata boggessi
  73. Red Striped Shrimp
    Common name: lined shrimp
    Scientific name: Lysmata californica
  74. Fire Shrimp - Lysmata debelius
    Common name: scarlet cleaner shrimp
    Scientific name: Lysmata debelius
  75. CLEANER SHRIMP lysmata grabhami ON SEA ANEMON
    Common name: cleaner shrimp
    Scientific name: Lysmata grabhami
  76. Camarão Bailarino (lysmata wurdemanni)
    Common name: peppermint shrimp
    Scientific name: Lysmata wurdemanni
  77. Stahorn Hermit Crab with Staghorn Hydrocoral
    Common name: Red Sea Feather Star
    Scientific name: Manucomplanus varians
  78. Dragon shrimp, Gorgonian Horned Shrimp, miropandalus hardingi. Romblon, Philippines.
    Common name: Dragon shrimp
    Scientific name: Miropandalus hardingi
  79. Common name: nodose clinging crab
    Scientific name: Mithraculus coryphe
  80. Green clinging crab Mithraculus sculptus
    Common name: green clinging crab
    Scientific name: Mithraculus sculptus
  81. Mysis (zooplankton) under the microscope.
    Common name: Mysis Shrimp
    Scientific name: Mysis relicta
  82. Bull Hydroid Crab (Naxioides taurus)
    Common name: Bull Crab
    Scientific name: Naxioides taurus
  83. Opossum shrimp swimming underwater in the St. Lawrence River in Canada
    Common name: An opossum shrimp
    Scientific name: Neomysis integer
  84. scuba diving lembeh indonesia spotted porcelain crab underwater
    Common name: Spotted Porcelain Crab
    Scientific name: Neopetrolisthes maculates
  85. Mantis Shrimp Eye
    Common name: pink tail mantis shrimp
    Scientific name: Odontodactylus latirostris
  86. Mantis Shrimp
    Common name: Peacock Mantis Shrimp
    Scientific name: Odontodactylus scyllarus
  87. Paguro rosso (Paguristes Cadenati)
    Common name: red reef hermit
    Scientific name: Paguristes cadenati
  88. Hermit crab, Pagurus bernhardus, crawling on the sand beach in close up with focus on front pink body parts against a blurred background
    Common name: common hermit crab
    Scientific name: Pagurus bernhardus
  89. Stripe-leg spiny lobster, Panulirus femoristriga, Wakatobi, Indonesia
    Common name: Stripe-leg spiny lobster
    Scientific name: Panulirus femoristriga
  90. Group of lobsters under ledge
    Common name: California spiny lobster
    Scientific name: Panulirus interruptus
  91. Hand hold showing Fresh spiny lobster or Panulirus ornatus
    Common name: ornate spiny lobster
    Scientific name: Panulirus ornatus
  92. Variegated crayfish on the seabed in Raja Ampat. Panulirus penicillatus during dive in Indonesia. Lobster is hiding on the corals.
    Common name: pronghorn spiny lobster
    Scientific name: Panulirus penicillatus
  93. Painted Spiny Lobster juvenile - Panulirus versicolor in coral reefs. Underwater world of Indonesia.
    Common name: slipper lobster
    Scientific name: Panulirus versicolor
  94. Cave shrimp, Parhippolyte uveae, Sulawesi Indoensia.
    Common name: sugarcane shrimp
    Scientific name: Parhippolyte uveae
  95. A Sculptured Slipper Lobster (Parribacus antarcticus) in Cozumel, Mexico
    Common name: sculptured mitten lobster
    Scientific name: Parribacus antarcticus
  96. Percnon gibbesi, urchin crab or nimble spray crab, Costa Blanca, Spain
    Common name: nimble spray crab
    Scientific name: Percnon gibbesi
  97. Flat rock crab , Percnon planissimum rests on coral of Bali
    Common name: flat rock crab
    Scientific name: Percnon planissimum
  98. Amboinensis crinoid shrimp ( Periclimenes amboinensis ) crawls on a feather star crinoid of Bali, Indonesia
    Common name: ambon crinoid shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes amboinensis
  99. Short hand commensal shrimp, Periclimenes brevicarpalis
    Common name: pacific clown anemone shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes brevicarpalis
  100. Common name: Brock's Anemone Shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes brockii
  101. Coleman Shrimp Periclimenes colemani
    Common name: coleman shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes colemani
  102. A minute skeleton shrimp (Caprella sp) sits on a hydroid on the Coral Reef dive site, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
    Common name: hydroid shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes galene
  103. steamed chinese mitten crab, shanghai hairy crab close up on plate
    Common name: Hairy Shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes hirsutus
  104. purple shrimp bunaken periclimenes holthuisi underwater photo
    Common name: Holthuis' Shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes holthuisi
  105. Emperor Shrimp
    Common name: emperor shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes imperator
  106. Mushroom coral shrimp ( Periclimenes kororensis ) resting in sea anemone tentacle of Bali, Indonesia
    Common name: Koror Anemone Shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes kororensis
  107. Basket Star Shrimp, Periclimenes lanipes
    Common name: Harlequin Shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes lanipes
  108. Long-Arm Cleaner Shrimp in Bubble-Tip Anemone
    Common name: Long-arm Cleaner Shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes longicarpus
  109. オドリカクレエビ (periclimenes magnificus) 、英語名のアネモネシュリンプと呼ばれることも。三重県尾鷲市
    Common name: Magnificent Shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes magnificus
  110. Pederson Cleaner Shrimp (Periclimenes pedersoni) in Corkscrew Anomones (Bartholomea annulata)
    Common name: Pederson cleaner shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes pedersoni
  111. Periclimenes psamathe, Hydroid Shrimp on the Small Lalaguna dive site, Puerto Galera,, Philippines
    Common name: translucent gorgonian shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes psamathe
  112. Emperor shrimp / Zenopontonia rex (Periclimenes imperator).  Picture was taken near Island Bangka in North Sulawesi, Indonesia
    Common name: Emperor Shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes rex
  113. Seestern Garnele, Sea Star Shrimp,  (Periclimenes soror)
    Common name: Sea Star Shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes soror
  114. Commensal shrimps, Periclimenes tenuipes, Bali Indonesia.
    Common name: Glass shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes tenuipes
  115. Close-up of a glass anemone shrimp (Periclimenes brevicarpalis) in the deep blue ocean
    Common name: Glass Anemone Shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes tenuis
  116. Tosa Commensal Shrimp (Periclimenes tosaensis) in a Coral. Triton Bay, West Papua, Indonesia
    Common name: Periclimenes sarasvati
    Scientific name: Periclimenes tosaensis
  117. Commensal shrimp (Periclimenes venustus), Sulawesi, Indonesia
    Common name: graceful anemone shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes venustus
  118. A spotted cleaner shrimp Periclimenes yucatanicus
    Common name: spotted cleaner shrimp
    Scientific name: Periclimenes yucatanicus
  119. Haig`s Porcelain Crab, Porzellankrabbe auf Seefeder (Porcellanella haigae)
    Common name: banded porcelain crab
    Scientific name: Petrolisthes galathinus
  120. A solitary figure stands in the shadows, her striking black and red striped bodysuit capturing a powerful combination of art, emotion, and wild style
    Common name: red-striped hermit
    Scientific name: Phimochirus holthuisi