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Stenopus tenuirostris
Also known as Blue Coral Banded Shrimp. This species of boxer shrimp has a transparent body with a visible blue mass inside. Its appendages and tail are banded with red and white. It feeds on smaller crustaceans and even on small fish.
There were two of them, apparently living commensally with a mantis shrimp -- when I approached, the mantis shrimp withdrew into its hole, and so did the boxer shrimp (see 4th photo). This was in about 12m of water at the Dayang Beach dive site, Talikud Island, spotted during a night dive.
Spotted on Jul 26, 2012
Submitted on Jul 29, 2012
8 Comments
Thanks, Jolly!
Beautiful series Blogie
Cute..wonderful picture..
great find. the blue color inside the the body is really interesting. nice photo series!
Yes, I think so, Cecilia. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find much info about this species yet. When I first saw this shrimp, I thought the blue color was of its eggs. But then if its common name is Blue Boxer Shrimp, then maybe it always has that blue color inside, for both males and females.
Thanks, NeilD, Gerardo and Cecilia!
The blue color is inside the transparent body of the shrimp.
This one is so cool i love the blue color :):)
Amazing! Thanks for sharing your underwater finds with us Blogie!