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Hymenocera picta
These salt-water shrimp are wonderfully attractive and are difficult to make out as shrimp due to their unusual shape and markings. H. picta has a white body with large, bright-blue (or sometimes orange) irregularly-shaped spots. They are also called Painted Shrimp, and also referred to as Hymenocera elegans. They feed on starfish, including the crown-of-thorns sea star, and grow to about 5cm in length.
H. picta are found on coral reefs in the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans, at depths of around 10m. They live in pairs and mate for life, hunting and defending their homes together.
These amazing critters were spotted at a depth of less than 15m, off the northern coast of Talikud Island, Samal, Davao.
Spotted on Jan 7, 2012
Submitted on Jan 9, 2012
17 Comments
Fantastic spotting!
This is unbelievable!
That is so beautiful
Wow! Gorgeous!!!
Spectacular and very beautiful underwater flowers ! I hope that my friend saw this photo LauraMaria becaufe she studied marine biodiversity. Very nice pictures and congratulation Blogie Robillo :)
Congratulations
Wow! Amazing creature! And congrats for your Spotting of the Day!
So beautiful!!
Wow!! Thanks very much guys!!
Congrats Blogie,,,,excellent.
Well well well done Blogie!
Congratulations Blogie well deserve wonderful photos.
Beautiful!
What a wonderful series, thanks for sharing it with us. Congrats on another well deserved Spotting of the Day!
"The unusual shape and distinctive markings of the salt-water Harlequin Shrimp make it one of the most elegant and attractive. They love feasting on one marine creature in particular. Can you guess what that is?"
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Awesome grate shots.
wow...............beautifulllllll.......................................!!!!!!!!!
That's awesome!