Pls, help to find name

Hi,

Found in Anilao, Philippines & locals call it 'Saw Blade Shrimp' but, real

saw blade shrimp has 'saw blade' on upper side of mouth not, lower

side of mouth and usually blue or yellow/brown , not this dark brown.

Please, help.

Sam

Its a Tozeuma species, too, I think. Not sure which one. These are seen across Indonesia too. Often found on small clumps of algae.

Alex

Hi Sam --

Alex is right, it's another species of Tozeuma. There's about 10 described species in the genus and several undescribed ones - this appears to be one of the undescribed. the length of the body varies between species as does whether the saw teeth are on the dorsal (top) or ventral (bottom) edge of the rostrum (the long pointed saw). The rostrum is an extension of the anterior exoskeleton. It may look like there's an upper & lower jaw but that's just a line running down the side of the rostrum. The actual mouth is small, on the underside in the vicinity of the eyes.

Good info & thanks a lot !!!