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Spotted cleaner shrimp

Periclimenes yucatanicus

Description:

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.

Habitat:

Alice in Wonderland dive site in Bonaire.

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16 Comments

Tukup
Tukup 5 years ago

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

The MnMs
The MnMs 5 years ago

I have just seen this by chance! many thanks! :-D

eulalia rubio
eulalia rubio 5 years ago

¡Felicidades! hay que tener suerte para encontrar un ser tan diminuto. Y también muy buena vista :) Resultado: una foto excelente.

triggsturner
triggsturner 5 years ago

Another wonderful sporting. Congrats on your first place for this section.

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 5 years ago

Congratulations MnMs! Thank you for sharing :)

Brian38
Brian38 5 years ago

Congratulations Marta and Mark. A very cool spotting and deserving of first place!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 5 years ago

Congratulations Marta and Mark, this spotting came first in our 2018 Best Wildlife Photo Competition, Arthropods category!

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The MnMs
The MnMs 6 years ago

Oi! Many thanks! 😊

Beautiful spotting MnMs :-) congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 6 years ago

Congrats Marta and Mark.
Bonaire seems an amazing place.

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 6 years ago

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 ".

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The MnMs
The MnMs 6 years ago

Thanks, Brian :-)

Brian38
Brian38 6 years ago

Great spotting and pics Marta!

The MnMs
The MnMs 6 years ago

Thank you DrNamgyalT.Sherpa ;-)

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 6 years ago

Marta your down under spottings are just great!

The MnMs
Spotted by
The MnMs

Bonaire, Caribisch Nederland, Netherlands

Spotted on Sep 12, 2017
Submitted on Jan 11, 2018

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