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Saron sp
Small shrimp around 3 cm in size. It has large, long, upward rostrum, and with typical hair tufts (cirri) starting from the rostrum and on the back. Other cirri tufts below the abdomen and on the claws. They are nocturnal and during day time, looks brown/grey with patterns on the body but during night time, looks more reddish.
Coral rubbles in shallow waters
Pic#1 close-up to show the beautiful markings on the body and the interesting hair tufts. Pic#2 shows how well they blended in the environment
Spotted on Mar 1, 2015
Submitted on Mar 2, 2015
4 Comments
Thanks, @amadeus.4
Yes, @andrew.
There are lots of critters along the shore of the village near to the dive site of Bethlehem and also the opposite direction of the village, all in the shallows.
Most divers don't dive near the village due to the rubbish and sometimes direct sewage into the sea by the locals :(
Dive site of Bethlehem yields one of them most variety of Nudibranchs which are not commonly seen in other dive sites and also very tiny, 5 mm or less.
I love this type of shrimp. I notice that your location is directly in front of the village. When you dive Bethlehem, do you dive directly in front of the village?
Great shots of this little critter Albert! It really does have beautiful markings. Thank you for sharing :)