Shrimp? Friend or Foe? Anyone recognize this? (1 pic)

[Phyl]

This doesn't look like any pictures of Mantis that I can find and it doesn't look like any pictures of pistol shrimp that I can find. Can you tell me what kind of shrimp this is?

Thanks!

 

[TeenReefer]

im stumped....never seen a pic of one before.

 

[xxmoorishmanxx]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=704

could be one of these guys?

not sure hard to tell

 

[c0mf0rt]

It looks ALOT like REALLY small CBS that I have seen at my LFS....

 

[Fluff]

There are lots of different colors of pistol shrimp, I think that is what your hitchhiker is.

 

[lando]

Yes, I think it is a pistol shrimp as well. A common hitchhiker in LR. It should be fine in your tank. I would suggest getting it a little goby friend. Like a yellow watchman goby. Very cool to watch the two interact.

 

[austinsdad]

Hard to tell from the pic, but isn't one arm larger than the other? Pistol shrimp.

 

[steve r]

looks like a pistol shrimp. i always say they look like a crayfish with one larger claw

steve r

 

[Phyl]

I hadn't found a pic of one that had stripes like that until I saw the link posted above. And while this one has more of a brown stripe rather than the red ones, it definitely has one claw larger than the other. Glad to hear the resounding pistol as the answer. I was a bit afraid it would turn out to be a mantis (though they have pretty distinguishing bug eyes). It was in a great place to syphon him out of the tank if need be so I figured I'd double check!

A goby buddy is on my list of fish friends for the tank. I'll have to pick a good one for the shrimp to pair up with!

Thanks gang!

 

[c0mf0rt]

oops...

 

[SeriousDude5]

I would also say a pistole shrimp there known to come in different colors.