Shrimp ID? (1 Viewer)

[Cut-N-Shoot]

Anyone ever seen anything like this? It's claws are bigger than his body.

 

[Guest]

It looks like a pistol shrimp larvae, how big is it?

 

[AquaNerd]

pistol shrimp only have one larger claw. where did you get it?

 

[Cut-N-Shoot]

It's only about .5" - .75". I think it was living inside a Cynarina coral. I put the coral in the tank & as soon as I got off the ladder & looked at it the shrimp was sitting on it right by the mouth.

 

[Guest]

Actinic lighting is a little overpowering, what is its color?

 

[Guest]

pistol shrimp only have one larger claw.

Good eye,
Should have taken a better look. 8O

 

[Cut-N-Shoot]

It's a clear yellow/green color. Here's another pic that shows the color better.

 

[liudachris]

Maybe it's a pistol shrimp mutant...with 2 pistols instead of 1 =P

 

[FISHSTICK]

Incerdible Hulk Shrimp...lol

 

[Guest]

E-mail it to WetWebMedia.

 

[jdeveaux]

Another site you can look through Smithsonian Alpheid Shrimps Database

 

[AquaNerd]

see, the thing is, it is too large to be considered a larval stage. most larval stages in shrimp are planktonic and microscopic for the most part. this shrimp is obviously not microscopic and apparently not planktonic, but benthic.

another indication that it isn't larval, is the fact that it looks like a shrimp. most larval stages don't look a whole lot like the adult. this one looks similar to adult shrimp. it has fully developed claws and is lacking overtly large head appendages.

 

[Guest]

poke it with a stick and see what it does...

 

[Timanator]

see, the thing is, it is too large to be considered a larval stage. most larval stages in shrimp are planktonic and microscopic for the most part. this shrimp is obviously not microscopic and apparently not planktonic, but benthic.

another indication that it isn't larval, is the fact that it looks like a shrimp. most larval stages don't look a whole lot like the adult. this one looks similar to adult shrimp. it has fully developed claws and is lacking overtly large head appendages.

So can you identify it or not?



:twisted:

 

[Cut-N-Shoot]

I found out what it is. It's a Coralliocaris snapping shrimp, possibly Coralliocaris graminea. They are a commensal shrimp that live in acro branches. He's about to be set free into an acro colony. Here's a little info if anyone's interested.

http://www.seadb.univpm.it/en_Green-Acropora-commensal-shrimp-Coralliocaris-graminea_587.htm

http://flickr.com/photos/artour_a/243275702/

 

[AquaNerd]

very cool craig. still not a true pistol shrimp, but very cool.

has it changed color in your tank at all?