Anyone know what this shrimp is

Taken in Menjangan, North Bali

It's a saron shrimp. dunno which one, but from there you can look it up.

It's a saron shrimp. dunno which one, but from there you can look it up.

Thanks Cor. I did indeed find it from there. Saron Marmalatus or Marble Shrimp.

I had never heard of one before.

Blucky

I think you mean Saron Marmoratus.

This one has always confused me. I've seen a lot of these in the Mergui Archipelago in Myanmar. Many sources have these with the near-circular brown spots down as an undescribed Saron sp. but a few sources have it under Saron marmoratus. Most sources however show Saron marmoratus with a more variable pattern of reddish with greenish spots. I have one clip showing one of each coloration together (along with a load of Rhynchocinetes durbanensis), so perhaps they are just coloration differences or male/female differences within the same species.

Would love to get a definitive answer.

I think you mean Saron Marmoratus.

 

This one has always confused me. I've seen a lot of these in the Mergui Archipelago in Myanmar. Many sources have these with the near-circular brown spots down as an undescribed Saron sp. but a few sources have it under Saron marmoratus. Most sources however show Saron marmoratus with a more variable pattern of reddish with greenish spots. I have one clip showing one of each coloration together (along with a load of Rhynchocinetes durbanensis), so perhaps they are just coloration differences or male/female differences within the same species.

 

Would love to get a definitive answer.

Ah yes, Marmalatus would make it a breakfast condiment wouldn't it. I read somewhere or other while I was Googling for Saron, that it can change colour between night and day time, so that may partially explain it.