Biggest Bamboo shrimp ever.
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cnoel08;2719582; said:
I can't see enough of it in the pictures, but if it's got 2 thick blunt arms with a wicked little spike on the end it may be a vampire shrimp! African cousin of the wood shrimp, and still a filter feeder.
Singapore shrimp, bamboo shrimp, wood shrimp, and sometimes rock or even banana shrimp all refer to the same species -- Atyopsis moluccensis.
Yes, they are rather similar to Atya gabonensis, the vampire shrimp or African fan shrimp, but I doubt this is what you have. The first pair of clinging limbs (the blunt "arms") in male A. moluccensis can be almost as impressive as those of their African relative.
Yes, they are rather similar to Atya gabonensis, the vampire shrimp or African fan shrimp, but I doubt this is what you have. The first pair of clinging limbs (the blunt "arms") in male A. moluccensis can be almost as impressive as those of their African relative.
