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Douglas

06-10-2012 08:59 PM

crazy looking shrimp....looking for name

I bought a crazy looking shrimp today at Wai's. Never seen one before. Anybody know the name of it?

George

06-10-2012 09:48 PM

From the picture, it looks like a member of Gnathophyllum genus. The most common species of that genus is G. americanum (bumble bee shrimp). But yours doesn't look like a bumble bee. If I have to guess, it's probably a G. elegans.

Chowder

06-10-2012 10:09 PM

http://www.segrestfarms.com/index.cf...tirostris.html

Douglas

06-10-2012 10:48 PM

Cool, thanks. I hope he survives.

paddyob

06-10-2012 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Douglas (Post 723297)

I bought a crazy looking shrimp today at Wai's. Never seen one before. Anybody know the name of it?

Strange the LFS could not tell you the name.

Douglas

06-10-2012 11:41 PM

He told me "purple legged shrimp", but I thought it might have been a little more technical of a name.

paddyob

06-11-2012 01:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Douglas (Post 723331)

He told me "purple legged shrimp", but I thought it might have been a little more technical of a name.

Ha ha! Funny. I can see your point.

ElGuappo

06-11-2012 04:57 AM

If its a member of the same genus as bumble bee shrimp keep an eye on it. Bb shrimp will eat the tubular feet of stars, urchins, etc. Just fyi.

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jorjef

06-11-2012 05:22 AM

crazy looking shrimp....looking for name

I would call him Mr. Smith :biggrin:

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