The shrimp you see in this video is so perfectly camouflaged that even we have a hard time telling which end is which Looking mighty similar to Trachycaris restricta from the Eastern Atlantic, Canary Islands and the Iberian Peninsula, this little decapod was documented blending seamlessly with the corals and coralline algae in its Lembeh, Sulawesi habitat.
Locally known simply as “Jony’s shrimp”, the probable new species of Trachycaris was sighted for the first time and only once so far in 20 meters of water in a dive spot that had been well visited for over a decade. At just half an inch long it’s no wonder that the super camouflaged Trachycaris shrimp went unnoticed for so long and who knows how long it’ll be until divers and underwater photographers see another one.
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