Tag Shrimp

Harlequin Shrimp

Harlequin Shrimp Portrait

Hymenocera picta, commonly known as the harlequin shrimp Harlequin shrimp’s only source of nutrition comes from starfish. They are very skilled at flipping over the slow starfish on its back, and eating the tube feet and soft tissues until it…

Xeno Crab

Xeno Crab

Xeno Crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus) Other Names are whip coral spider crab. A very tiny and elusive crab which is very hard to find while scuba diving. Max Size is around 20mm in length. This species is found on black corals,…

Peacock Mantis Shrimp

Peacock Mantis Shrimp

Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) Peacock Mantis Shrimp is a smasher, with club-shaped raptorial appendages. the small crustaceans deliver blows so quickly and forcefully that pockets of seawater vaporize in implosions of light and heat. An active hunter, it prefers…