Vir philippinensis Bruce & Svoboda, 1984 is a animal in the Palaemonidae family, order Decapoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Vir philippinensis Bruce & Svoboda, 1984
Vir philippinensis, the bubble coral shrimp, is a saltwater shrimp species found across the Indo-Pacific at 7–30 m depth.
Scientific name: Vir philippinensis Bruce & Svoboda, 1984. Vir philippinensis, sometimes called the bubble coral shrimp, is a species of saltwater shrimp that was first formally described in 1984. This species ranges from the Red Sea through the Indo-Pacific, with confirmed records in Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, the Philippines, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. It inhabits benthic zones at depths between 7 and 30 meters (23 to 98 feet).
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Palaemon affinis H.Milne-Edwards, 1837
Palaemon adspersus Rathke, 1837
Palaemon macrodactylus M.J.Rathbun, 1902
Periclimenes yucatanicus (Ives, 1891)
Gnathophyllum elegans (Risso, 1816)
Macrobrachium hancocki Holthuis, 1950
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