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Plumose Shrimp

Leander plumosus

Habitat:

Spotted at around 40feet depth underneath some broken corals.

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Longnose shrimp
Leander plumosus


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9 Comments

Timothy Christian Te
Timothy Christian Te 12 years ago

Spotted this one quite by accident, was trying to get position on a clown frogfish (which never came out of its hole).

Blogie
Blogie 12 years ago

A very valuable find!

Timothy Christian Te
Timothy Christian Te 12 years ago

Different places have different names for this shrimp, they all agree on the scientific name and its rarity though.

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

There is no many info about this shrimp
Check this.
http://www.nudibranch.org/Sulawesi%20Sea...

Timothy Christian Te
Timothy Christian Te 12 years ago

Sandy bottom beach around 40 feet

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

This is spotted below sea or at an aquarium.

Timothy Christian Te
Timothy Christian Te 12 years ago

Great, now to figure out what type heheh

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Yes... They are Arthropods..!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prawn

Timothy Christian Te
Timothy Christian Te 12 years ago

Shrimps are technically arthropods right?

Davao Del Norte, Philippines

Spotted on Jan 14, 2012
Submitted on Jan 14, 2012

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