A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Periclimenes yucatanicus
These shrimp live among the tentacles of several species of sea anemones. They sway their body and wave their antennae in order to attract fish from which they eat dead tissue, algae and parasites.
Alice in Wonderland dive site in Bonaire.
16 Comments
Congratulations on the win in the Arthropods category MnMs. I didn't see this the first time around but this is certainly worthy of the honor. Thanks so much for sharing.
Congrats Marta and thanks for sharing
I have just seen this by chance! many thanks! :-D
¡Felicidades! hay que tener suerte para encontrar un ser tan diminuto. Y también muy buena vista :) Resultado: una foto excelente.
Another wonderful sporting. Congrats on your first place for this section.
Congratulations MnMs! Thank you for sharing :)
Congratulations Marta and Mark. A very cool spotting and deserving of first place!
Congratulations Marta and Mark, this spotting came first in our 2018 Best Wildlife Photo Competition, Arthropods category!
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/projectnoah/...
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/1...
Oi! Many thanks! 😊
Beautiful spotting MnMs :-) congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Congrats Marta and Mark.
Bonaire seems an amazing place.
Congratulations The MnMs (Marta and Mark), your beautiful and delicate Spotted Cleaner Shrimp is our Spotting of the Day:
"A tiny and colorful Spotted Cleaner Shrimp (Periclimenes yucatanicus) is photographed at home among the tentacles of a sea anemone in our Spotting of the Day! This species of cleaner shrimp lives in association with a variety of anemones, and is found in the Caribbean Sea. This spotting is a perfect illustration of our 2018 Best Wildlife Photo mission, which emphasizes organisms in their habitats. You can join it here: https://buff.ly/2DQhQyY ".
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/pho...
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/9...
Thanks, Brian :-)
Great spotting and pics Marta!
Thank you DrNamgyalT.Sherpa ;-)
Marta your down under spottings are just great!