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Kitkat 07-14-2012 09:40 PM

ID crustacean please
 
Here is what I believe to be a pair of "dwarf red lobsters" but I can't find them in any refrence book... any idea what they are? genus even?
They are about 0.5", with the left individual slightly larger. Antenna are several times the length of the body
.http://www.jlaquatics.com/images/cus...er-pair-sm.jpg

FishyFishy! 07-15-2012 12:47 AM

Looking at those claws, and the body, i'd say thats a shrimp of some kind. Definitly not a Lobster

Kinda looks like a cross between a Coral Banded and a Fire Shrimp lol

reeferious 07-15-2012 03:00 AM

dwarf lobster aka squat lobster
 
try squat lobster probably have over 12 with me always peeping out just before lights go out.

FragIt Dan 07-15-2012 03:56 AM

They look like crimson coral shrimp:
Microprosthema semilaeve, although it has a similar body shape to the squat lobster.

Relect 07-15-2012 04:50 AM

langostino

Aquaria 07-15-2012 08:29 PM

Am I the only one who see giant man eating spiders?????

paddyob 07-15-2012 11:10 PM

Hitch hikers?

burgerchow 07-15-2012 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aquaria (Post 731271)
Am I the only one who see giant man eating spiders?????


yeah, look at those fangs on them.

Kitkat 07-16-2012 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FragIt Dan (Post 731126)
They look like crimson coral shrimp:
Microprosthema semilaeve, although it has a similar body shape to the squat lobster.

Thanks Dan, that's it!

FragIt Dan 07-16-2012 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitkat (Post 731423)
Thanks Dan, that's it!

:) your welcome!


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