Confirmation of ID G Chiragra

[MJI]

It's been a while now that I've had my little agressive fella! and from some very bad pics, a rough ID was given

I now have a better cam, and am just posting some clearer pics fr confirmation of the ID.

Can you help? Dr Roy?

Bow front distorts a bit:

Don't worry, I didn't clamp him between the pump and the housing to get a picture!! There was a turbo back there he wanted!:

Dark pic, but shows merals ok:

Close up:

Another:

This guy is about 4 inches long (around 10 cm) and is olive green, with pale blue/white merals and a black spot to the bottom. He has purple and red swimmerettes.

Thanks for any help in advance guys!

 

[crafty_50mitchell]

Neogonodactylus Wennerae

Neogonodactylus Wennerae

Cheers, Brian

 

[MJI]

All due respect brian, I don't think it is. Wennerae is smaller and the meral spots all wrong. As I said, he has already been temp ID'd as Chiragra, and just checking with better pics.

 

[brekurboy1]

I also want to say G. Chiragra because you said he's aggressive. All the G. chiragra I seen have been fairly aggressive. Also I haven;t really seen swimmerettes that colorful on a N. Wennerae. I can understand saying he's N. Wennerae. He looks an awful lot like Gatorade. Got a pic of the telson?

 

[mantisshrimp]

G. Chiragra

 

[Gonodactylus]

G. chiragra is a somewhat sexually dimorphic species with females generally light olive and males darker. However, there is some regional variation in color. Here in north Queensland, both males and females are light cream colored. The red of the uropods is also a bit variable.

THis appears to be a G. chiragra, but there are several aspects of the color that are a bit unusual. I can't be certain if the differences are real or because of the lighting and color settings on the camera.

Roy

 

[MJI]

Thanks to everyone!

Dr Roy - If you would like to run the unusualities past me, maybe I can describe them as seen by the "naked eye"?

 

[crafty_50mitchell]

Looks like I better re-Id my mantis..

Looks like I better re-Id my mantis..

Wow, sorry for the bad info there, looks like I might have to double check my mantis's id when the lights kick on tonight.
Cheers,
Brian

 

[Gonodactylus]

I'm now back in Berkeley and looking at these images with my normal monitor, the colors are fairly typical for a male G. chiragra.

Roy

 

[MJI]

Sweet - you're a star Dr Roy!

Cheers,

 

[slylie]

good to hear u are back in north america roy! (allthough im sure u would rather be back in the south pacific.)