Help ID This Shrimp Please!?!?!

[xXxSpyderxXx]

can anyone ID this shrimp? this is the only picture i have.

 

[Eastamherstbias]

It looks angry.

 

[xXxSpyderxXx]

It looks angry.

naa just smiling

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

is that a molt or actual shrimp? was it sold separately or did it arrive inside liverock/coral?

 

[xXxSpyderxXx]

is that a molt or actual shrimp? was it sold separately or did it arrive inside liverock/coral?

thats the actual shrimp. its inside a Pepsi cap. i found it on ebay, someone is selling a mated pair of these for $15. they seem interesting and was pondering on buying them. the call them lima shrimp but i can find no info on these. just wanted to see if anyone has seen or heard of these before.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

so....

so....

you don't REALLY know if it's the actual shrimp or not, right? Your'e relying on the word of an ebay seller?

 

[xXxSpyderxXx]

you don't REALLY know if it's the actual shrimp or not, right? Your'e relying on the word of an ebay seller?

correct, but i did message them and as for better pictures but they said that was the only picture they had. just looking to see if anyone has see or had these before. kinda worth the $15 just for the mystery if you ask me.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

jmo

jmo

IME mysteries at any cost should be avoided

 

[reefboy87]

Just ask if it's a living shrimp or a molt...If he says it's alive, keep the message thread. Purchase using paypal and if it arrives any different than as described, you'll get your money back. PayPal will back you and always has the buyer in its best interest. Easy as that IMO.

 

[xXxSpyderxXx]

Just ask if it's a living shrimp or a molt...If he says it's alive, keep the message thread. Purchase using paypal and if it arrives any different than as described, you'll get your money back. PayPal will back you and always has the buyer in its best interest. Easy as that IMO.

i asked, they said it was a living shrimp, actually a "mated pair" of them. they also stated they rarely find them because they are so small. it was found off the keys in a reef area.

 

[hotshot619]

http://books.google.com/books?id=eP...0CFsQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q="lima shrimp"&f=false

A quick goggle search and here ya go. Seems like they like flame scallops

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

common names are a problem and pretty much useless

 

[xXxSpyderxXx]

http://books.google.com/books?id=eP...0CFsQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q="lima shrimp"&f=false

A quick goggle search and here ya go. Seems like they like flame scallops

wow thanks, i looked in google but couldnt find anything. did you find anything else? from what i can see there is really no information on them at all except that picture you found.

 

[xXxSpyderxXx]

common names are a problem and pretty much useless

i agree, wish i could find the real name for it so i could look them up.

 

[DEEP BLUE SIX]

Scientific name: Microprosthema semilaeve (von Martens, 1872)

Common names: "Carribean boxer shrimp", "Crimson coral shrimp", "Lima shrimp", "Crimson Lima shrimp".

Range: Gulf of Mexico, All of the Carribean sea, Southwest Atlantic.

It's on several scientific marine record sites online.
Much information is fairly weak and hard to find.
But apparantly it's been kept in the hobby before since the early days.
I have a couple reef books which mention it and show a pic. But not much info. It IS considered a reef safe shrimp in general. How safe is anyones guess. Not often carried everywhere for sale due to it's small size/availability.
It's not rare in anyway. But just not the most widely available in popularity.
It's a "mini" shrimp of sorts.

Keeping other shrimp with it "might" be a risk to it, vice versa or not.
But it seems reef safe by all reports available. It's symbotic to flame scallops and other related species. It can be kept without. But probably does best with them.

 

[xXxSpyderxXx]

Wow thanks for all the info!!!!

 

[rjmayes34]

thats a BA looking little shrimp!

 

[xXxSpyderxXx]

thats a BA looking little shrimp!

i agree! i think im going to get the mated pair.