lobster id?

[morrowss]

I was cleaning rocks today and this little guy jumped out...he's about 1/2" kinda clear with dark spots. The body resembles a lobster....I have had 2 purple lobsters in that tank for a couple years, could this be a baby? I haven't added anything to the tank in about 8 months except for a clam....Anyone know?

 

[GSELLERS]

could quite possibly be a baby, but i have never seen a baby purple lobster before. Good luck with the ID if it isnt

 

[morrowss]

It doesn't look like an anemone shrimp

But has the same forearm shape and stance and spotting like the purple lobster just no coloring...thats why i was wondering if any one knew what the juvenile looked like

Maybe a baby.....Too bad i ran and got a camera instead of catching it and putting it in a smaller tank to observe.....doh..

 

[cbrownfish]

Pistol shrimp have that shape but it would be an odd place for one to hang out.

 

[GSELLERS]

i think you have successfully bread lobsters

 

[morrowss]

i think you have successfully bread lobsters

I wondered, it looks just like my purple lobsters just not colored up...both my purple lobsters hang together always a few inches apart...i wish i couldve got better pics but it is so small and light...it was inside a rock i was cleaning then fell out, it thought it was leftover mysis at first....

 

[sambrinar]

Very cool!! Congrats G-pa

 

[BigAl07]

Keep us posted

 

[morrowss]

Looks like it might not be a purple lobster at all... mystery found, I think its a commensal shrimp. It must have been in the last clam I added

 

[sambrinar]

Still very cool