Comments on: What Is This?

By: Leslie Harris

Leslie Harris — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:17:06 +0000

Looks similar to Phycocaris simulans but not as hairy.

By: Arne Kuilman

Arne Kuilman — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:49:16 +0000

Cool. I only say it at second glance. The yellow-ish circle is it’s left eye and it’s rostrum isn’t covered by algae. Those long appendages look misleading indeed. Juvenile Saron shrimp look like a definite possibility. Great find!

By: joe conery

joe conery — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:14:54 +0000

Tony,
great blogs. Thanks for sharing. Sorry to post a fairly general question, but I’m looking into canon equipment/lenses and thought I’d investigate the camera/lens settings of pictures similar to what I’d like to shoot. Unfortunately, none of your shots have these details. Is this something you’d considering doing? Thanks.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:33:30 +0000

It does look like the same animal as the one in that image.

Juvenile Saron seems quite possible.

The long appendages, and the appendages that appear like retracted claws are a mystery though. Perhaps a trait associated with juvenile phase? Or perhaps something altogether different?

No clue.

By: Matthew Oldfield

Matthew Oldfield — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:56:22 +0000

Tony – My first thought was a juvenile Saron sp. shrimp – they have hairy rostrums.
Just seen a very similar shrimp on Ivan Choong photo stream on flickr – http://www.flickr.com/photos/i-nsc/3984545374/

By: Eric Cheng

Eric Cheng — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:35:09 +0000

I photographed a very similar shrimp in Indo earlier this year, but it didn’t have the long appendages coming out of the butt. Maybe it’s a skeleton shrimp next to a bigger shrimp. Let me find the photo (stand by).

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:57:38 +0000

Hmmm. It’s a definite possibility. The nose area (for lack of a better description) doesn’t look like any skeleton shrimps I’ve seen before though, which tend to have foreshortened faces with long antennae, no?

Also, I’m at a loss to explain the long appendages extending toward the left of the photo.

By: Ron Silver

Ron Silver — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:23:30 +0000

Tony,

This appears to be one of the skeleton shrimps (Caprella sp.).