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?

 

[Elysia]

It looks like an anemone shrimp, or one that lives w/ a cuke or some other invertebrate. They will sometimes switch to a new host out of necessity -- I guess it is possible that it came in on your clam.

 

[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

 

[dalston]

My guess would be an anemone shrimp of some sort, there are many other types of shrimp commonly known as 'anemone shrimp' than the one you have pictured above. Just by the pics, I would take a guess at it possibly being Periclimenes venustus but it's hard to tell.

 

[LeslieH]

Do you have a Tridacna? That's identical to the commensal shrimp in the genera Anchistus & Paranchistus which live in them. This thread includes an excellent journal article on the shrimp: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1182039&highlight=Anchistus

 

[Bongo Shrimp]

Do you have a Tridacna? That's identical to the commensal shrimp in the genera Anchistus & Paranchistus which live in them. This thread includes an excellent journal article on the shrimp: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1182039&highlight=Anchistus

+1, that's exactly what I thought when I saw the pic!

 

[dalston]

Okay I changed my mind, I'm with LeslieH too now

 

[morrowss]

OK ..thats what it looks like...thanks

Okay I changed my mind, I'm with LeslieH too now

 

[morrowss]

thanks everyone!