Tiniest pistol shrimp i've ever seen

[untamed]

Does it have a distinct "head" and "body"? A pistol shrimp will have a distinct "swimmer body" portion, just like a mantis, camel, peppermint, lobster, etc. etc.

Of course, a pistol would also have one distinctive claw that would be significantly larger than the other.

Hard to tell from the photos, but your critter seems to be sort of "one piece", and have black eyes...more like a big copepod than a shrimp.

[niloc16]

i believe it is one body and head. both claws i believe are the same size. maybe i was wrong about it being a pistol shrimp.

[Funky_Fish14]

I wouldnt say thats a pistol shrimp, but you do have yourself one mighty neat lookin critter there! Unfortunately I cant help with ident at the moment

Chris

[Discustopia]

possible Bad news...
check out Ciranolid- a Blood sucking parasite that will attach itself to your fish.
Look at Untamed's post to see if it's close.

Otherwise just a regular Isopod - some tiny - some can reach up to a foot long

[untamed]

Originally Posted by Discustopia

possible Bad news...
check out Ciranolid- a Blood sucking parasite that will attach itself to your fish.
Look at Untamed's post to see if it's close.

Otherwise just a regular Isopod - some tiny - some can reach up to a foot long

Yes, I'm very familiar with ciranolids right now. I wasn't going to suggest that to Colin...but those two black eyes suggest it is a related critter. On the good news side, Colin, Ciranolids are exceptionally fast swimmers. You wouldn't see one just walking around the base of a coral. So the behaviour doesn't suggest that this is a ciranolid.