Can someone ID these pistol shrimp?

[SDeckard]

I found the pair in a rock of zoanthids. One of the shrimp is carrying eggs. I think they are a mated pair and am looking to find more information about them. Thanks in advance.

 

[Fishymurray]

They are coral pistol shrimps. Go to Drs. Foster and Smith's liveaquaria.com and go to divers den. If you look at inverts they have a coral shrimp for sale currently. But coral shrimp are easy to take care of and reef safe. They requier water stats simular to reef aquariums and they are commonly found in Acropora. Good luck.

 

[mokeyz]

Great find, lucky you, enjoy them!!

 

[SDeckard]

anyone else have a guess?

 

[mokeyz]

SDeckard, can you tell us their true colors, it might help in narrowing down they're id.

 

[Octavarium]

Cool

 

[SDeckard]

Sure. The pics are pretty darn near true. I'd say blue/gray bars with light orange tips on the pinchers.

Stan

 

[bradley01]

Look like Tiger Pistols to me...

 

[mollymonticello]

Tiger pistols don't have such distinct, clean lines and are a more reddish brown color usually. Here is a tiger pistol

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Alpheus_bellulus.JPG">

And if you look closely at those hitchhikers, those lines are actually made up of very tiny dots, like Pointillism.