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Old 07-14-2012, 09:40 PM
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Default ID crustacean please

Here is what I believe to be a pair of "dwarf red lobsters" but I can't find them in any refrence book... any idea what they are? genus even?
They are about 0.5", with the left individual slightly larger. Antenna are several times the length of the body
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Old 07-15-2012, 12:47 AM
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Looking at those claws, and the body, i'd say thats a shrimp of some kind. Definitly not a Lobster

Kinda looks like a cross between a Coral Banded and a Fire Shrimp lol
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Old 07-15-2012, 03:00 AM
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Default dwarf lobster aka squat lobster

try squat lobster probably have over 12 with me always peeping out just before lights go out.
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Old 07-15-2012, 03:56 AM
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They look like crimson coral shrimp:
Microprosthema semilaeve, although it has a similar body shape to the squat lobster.
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Old 07-15-2012, 04:50 AM
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Old 07-15-2012, 08:29 PM
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Am I the only one who see giant man eating spiders?????
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Old 07-15-2012, 11:10 PM
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Hitch hikers?
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Am I the only one who see giant man eating spiders?????

yeah, look at those fangs on them.
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Old 07-16-2012, 05:45 PM
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They look like crimson coral shrimp:
Microprosthema semilaeve, although it has a similar body shape to the squat lobster.
Thanks Dan, that's it!
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Old 07-16-2012, 07:45 PM
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Thanks Dan, that's it!
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