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Old 06-10-2012, 08:59 PM
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I bought a crazy looking shrimp today at Wai's. Never seen one before. Anybody know the name of it?
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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.
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Cool, thanks. I hope he survives.
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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.
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He told me "purple legged shrimp", but I thought it might have been a little more technical of a name.
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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.
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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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crazy looking shrimp....looking for name

I would call him Mr. Smith
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