Common name of Periclimenes imperator
 
Common Name Imperial shrimp
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Hawaii
Locality
Ref. Meadows, D.W. and A. Kane, 2006
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st Modifier color pattern(s)
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'shrimp' from Old Norse 'skorpna', i.e., 'to shrivel up'; 'imperial' from Latin 'imperium', i.e., empire.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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