TisTam 1 Posted June 3, 2010 Taken in the Aqaba Straight of the Red Sea, near Taba. The dive guide saw this - goodness knows how! I couldn't tell it was anything other than a speck of weed until I zoomed in on the photo I took - which I only took to placate my excited guide! In case it's not obvious (not everyone I've shown this photo to could tell!) it's sitting on the guy's fingertip - that's how small it is! Any ideas?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leslie 0 Posted June 3, 2010 I wonder if it's a juvenile Phycocaris simulans - the hairy crook-back shrimp - which doesn't have as much hair as the adult. I'll have to send it to my shrimp guru for a proper id. Meanwhile, you can check on simulans by looking at this old Wetpixel thread http://wetpixel.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19379 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigJeff 11 Posted June 4, 2010 mmmm, I'd like to know as well. Found this similar one in Lembeh....... Looks like a paler one than in the posted link. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leslie 0 Posted June 4, 2010 Hi Jeff - I'm pretty sure yours is Phycocaris simulans. The color seems to be quite variable. TisTam - here's what Sammy De Grave of the Oxford University Museum had to say about yours: "Its too small to tell if it could be a Phycocaris or a Neostylodactylus, both have that characteristic posture. If colour is anything to go by (which I do not know for certain), then yes maybe its a Phycocaris. Neither of them are known from the Red Sea" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
