Hitchhiker Shrimp ID Help
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Oooo shrimp! It kinda reminds me of those “sexy shrimp” but I have no idea
@ISpeakForTheSeas @EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal no idea on this one.
Derrick0580
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Resembles a camel shrimp but not 100% sure.
I'm not a very cautious person, I didn't quarantine anything in this tank and regularly throw stuff in from the ocean, there is probably a lot more unwanted things than this shrimp haha.
Either way, I don't think I'd be able to find him very easily, last night was the first time seeing it a week after adding the new macros I grabbed from the beach.
All I have are a couple zoas and the rest is all macro algae nothing I'm too worried about!
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Hippolyte obliquimanusis is a solid guess; kkid - could you get a close-up, straight-on pic of the top of the shrimp showing the whole shrimp? Being able to see the finer details that way would be helpful for confirming if that's the species or not.
Hippolyte obliquimanusis is a solid guess; kkid - could you get a close-up, straight-on pic of the top of the shrimp showing the whole shrimp? Being able to see the finer details that way would be helpful for confirming if that's the species or not.
Thank you! I don't know if I have a camera or lens capable of getting a better pic cause hes so small, but I will try next time I spot him!
The coloration is right with that ID'd shrimp but only problem is that shrimp is Atlantic, the shrimp I got was on some macro algae from the beach here in Hawaii. He matches the color of the galaxaura macro I grabbed perfectly, I believe he came in on that.
From seeing it with my eyes, the closest match body wise and eye color is the sexy shrimp, it even wiggles back and forth like one. It's honestly possible that the species just hasn't been documented yet. The first picture here is close, but not quite right (if the body and tail was solid pink it would be almost spot on), probably very closely related: http://www.hawaiisfishes.com/inverts/shrimps/neatshrimps.htm.
Thank you, I appreciate everyone's help!
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Shon
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Any marine centers near you? You could call up and see if you can bring it in for ID.
In case it's a new Thor subspecies, see about naming it Thor barbie? I mean.. it's pink.. and there already is a Thor dicaprio.. might as well continue the name games.
In case it's a new Thor subspecies, see about naming it Thor barbie? I mean.. it's pink.. and there already is a Thor dicaprio.. might as well continue the name games.
Well now that is just cool!
Yeah, I'm not familiar with any shrimp that look like this from Hawaii, so the best I can do is say it's most likely from the taxonomic superfamily Alpheoidea - a Thor species is a solid guess.
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