unknown shrimp

This gal is about 1/2 -3/4" long (carapace) and I know where a pair of them live at about 40fsw off Maui. It is unknown to the the author of the Hawaiian Inverts book.

I have not messed with the color saturation. This is the way they come. The blue is as bright as a light and it's how I can spot them. Very secretive, living in dead coral and staying deep in the holes most of the time.

Sorry don't know but very VERY cool!

I don't know for sure but it matches some images on the web and in Debelius identified as Exoclimenella maldivensis. I've called in the calvary for help.

I don't know for sure but it matches some images on the web and in Debelius identified as Exoclimenella maldivensis. I've called in the calvary for help.

Thanks!

That's certainly the one but there are a couple slight differences I can see. These pix have been sent to a Japanese expert that has done a paper on them for his thoughts.

Notice the white line below the eyes that don't exist on my shot.