Hitchhiker shrimp in Tridacna squamosa clam!!!

[delphinus]

Check this out! I've had this T. squamosa, since September '05 so in 8 months I had never noticed anything like this until tonight. The clam is approximately 8" in size I would estimate. The shrimp, maybe 1".

 

[critterkeeper]

If it's in a squamosa then it's either Conchodytes tridacnae or Anchistus miersi. Both are commensals and nothing to worry about.

JF

 

[delphinus]

Thanks, I was pretty sure it's commensal as the length of time I've had the clam would not suggest it's stressed. But the possible species ID's are cool, thanks for the info.

 

[perpetual98]

That's freakin' cool!

 

[Stoney Mahony]

That's really freakin cool!

 

[HotHotHot]

Cool! All I ever get are aiptasia.

Ed

 

[Julio]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7470722#post7470722 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by HotHotHot
Cool! All I ever get are aiptasia.

Ed

same here, that is a great find.

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7470722#post7470722 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by HotHotHot
Cool! All I ever get are aiptasia.

Ed

lol, i have a few with little aip.'s on 'em too

 

[CamBarr]

can you get a close up pic

 

[tank121]

Cool, I am going to have to look closer at my clams now.

 

[glxtrix]

they are very good to have so dont try to take him out, suposively they will help clean the inside of the clam, pick parasites and other things, I'm jealous

 

[critterkeeper]

Actually, exactly what they do for a living isn't clear. Fankboner (1972) studied Anchistus meirsi and suggested that they were stealing particulate food and mucus from the gills of the clams they were in - but not enough to adversely affect them.

 

[COreefer]

I have a shrimp inside my 10" teardrop max. Every once in a while it molts and the clam spits the molt out. Pretty cool.