Please ID this Acropora commensal Palaemonid

[mollymonticello]

This shrimp ID is driving me crazy. Is Leslie H. still around RC?

Here's a pic of the shrimp top down:

http://reeftools.com/news/commensal-shrimp-found-on-acropora/

and a pic of it hugging my tiny Acro frag:


Acro Shrimp by Felicia McCaulley, on Flickr

 

[LeslieH]

Hi Felicia -- I had to check with my shrimp buddies. Most likely Harpilius lutescens; some species of Philarius are similar in appearance.

 

[mollymonticello]

ah, yes! Thank you, Leslie. I forgot Chuck from Chuck's addiction is on here, too, I wonder if he'd be interested in seeing the pics, too?

The shrimp is doing well, it molted the other day. I got it another coral frag so it now shares time between the 2 Acro frags and my Montipora setosa frag. The corals are not showing any wear or tear from having a shrimp walk all over them all the time.

 

[LeslieH]

I bet he would although I haven't seen any posts by Chuck in a long time.