Ricordea shrimp featured in super macro HD video by Coral Morphologic
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No sooner does Coral Morphologic get bumped off the front page with their video of Periclemenes pedersoni than they post up another HD macro video. This time CoreMore has gone ahead and cataloged a really micro-commensal shrimp that lives only on Ricordea polyps and it could be an undescribed species. Dr. Richard Heard of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory who was sent some preserved specimens could not match up the sample to any known species of described shrimp from the Caribbean. It has been suggested that the ricordea shrimp could represent a new genus but Collin and I both believe it to be a Periclemenes species. Don’t expect your local Coral Morphologic merchant to carry this diminutive species any time soon; at well under a half an inch long, the Ricordea shrimp is way too small for all but the smallest pico reef tank set ups.
Sweet shrimp……I get one from Colin eventually almost 100% of my 60+ ricordea has come from them. Now all I need the shrimp to live with them…..Great video!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
It’s likely just a juvenile Periclimenes rathbunae. If they really want to know what it is CM should get it to a specialist that works with that group of shrimp not a generalist such as GCRL folks.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:31 am
So tight.
January 5th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
They’re working on it. And juveniles cannot carry eggs, as these have been seen to
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January 7th, 2010 at 5:04 pm