Unknown Shrimp

Stumbled upon in Lembeh Strait whilst trying to find the Lembeh sea dragon. Size about 1 or 2 cm, depth around 10 meters.

I could not find it in my books, would anyone know the ID?

Cheers, Xander

Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi by xanderwater, on Flickr

Looks like some kind of skeleton shrimp (Caprella spp).

Stumbled upon in Lembeh Strait whilst trying to find the Lembeh sea dragon. Size about 1 or 2 cm, depth around 10 meters.

I could not find it in my books, would anyone know the ID?

 

Cheers, Xander

 

Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi by xanderwater, on Flickr

After brightening it up a bit to try to ascertain the details, I am down to this:

Genus Palaemonidae

Possibly a juvenile Manipontonia psamathe

or a new species, Periclimenes laevimanus (golden hydroid shrimp), although the markings seem more distinct in your animal.

Teresa Zubi has a photo of a shrimp that looks similar:

Starfish

and one of M. psamathe for comparison:

Starfish_M. psamathe

That's as much as I can offer...

Cheers,

Marli

Thanks Marli, that looks right, or very close to me!