echeng 0 Posted December 11, 2012 Does anyone recognize this shrimp? I have photographed it only once before. It is about the size of an algae shrimp (tiny!), and was in Triton Bay, Indonesia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortenHansen 25 Posted December 11, 2012 No idea what this is, but I know that I never found one, and that its pretty darned awesome with the claws open! Sort of a porcelain crab gone shrimp! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leslie 0 Posted December 11, 2012 Neostylodactylus litoralis. Beautiful shots. The backlighting really shows the structure of the legs. With that amount of spinulation I suspect it's a filter feeder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
echeng 0 Posted December 12, 2012 Thank you, as always, Leslie. It was tiny tiny tiny, and there was some current. They were hard shots to get. OK, the books say "inshore hairy shrimp" matches that scientific name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex_Mustard 0 Posted December 12, 2012 That's very cool. Definitely looks like it is filter feeding in the first shot. And the bug floating past is probably a cyclopoid copepod - something like Oithona sp. Alex Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leslie 0 Posted December 12, 2012 :-D I didn't even notice the copepod! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
