Shrimpy ID!! - Page 2

mps9506 · 03-24-2008, 03:19 PM

I think they are secretive because in the wild they would be eaten in no time if they were out stumbling on the reef.
Ironically all the pictures I find of them from dives are of them stumbling out in reefs. Supposedly they are easier to find on night dives as well...
Dunno, I've never been to Hawaii to look

tippMANn98 · 03-24-2008, 03:47 PM

Ok....so I do see that IT is a HE, because I read the females are noticable because of their enlarged yellow ovaries that resemble horse saddles upwards towards the head. Mine they are not present.

Thanks, I have learned the above, and that its name is Parhippolyte mistica, and its from hawaii, and that they tend to be nocturnal do to predation of.

Thats EXACTLY what I was looking for...thanks carl, and mike and Booze

Jake9487 · 04-01-2008, 04:13 PM

the shrimp also might be a catalina cleaner shrimp (lysmata californica)

tippMANn98 · 04-01-2008, 04:20 PM

Hey Jake,
Well that catalina Cleaner, looks similar to a peppermint shrimp, This guys is NOWHERE near a peppermint, even a scarlet cleaner. Hes def. what Mike found for me....thanks for the interest and input though.

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tippMANn98 Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Port Richey, FL Posts: 2,705 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Shrimpy ID!! Ok....so I do see that IT is a HE, because I read the females are noticable because of their enlarged yellow ovaries that resemble horse saddles upwards towards the head. Mine they are not present. Thanks, I have learned the above, and that its name is Parhippolyte mistica, and its from hawaii, and that they tend to be nocturnal do to predation of. Thats EXACTLY what I was looking for...thanks carl, and mike and Booze

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Jake9487 Fire Coral Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: illinois Posts: 80 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Shrimpy ID!! the shrimp also might be a catalina cleaner shrimp (lysmata californica)

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tippMANn98 Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Port Richey, FL Posts: 2,705 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Shrimpy ID!! Hey Jake, Well that catalina Cleaner, looks similar to a peppermint shrimp, This guys is NOWHERE near a peppermint, even a scarlet cleaner. Hes def. what Mike found for me....thanks for the interest and input though.

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