15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Coleman Shrimp
Coleman Shrimps (Periclimenes colemani) are very attractive with nice colours, a beautiful pattern and a host that couldn’t be more colourful: The Coleman Shrimp is a commensal shrimp and lives on the Variable Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium). The Shrimps grow to about 2cm in size and can easily by identified by their lange brown-red spot pattern on a yellow background. They mostly live in couples and cut the spines of the urchin on a small area on which they live an feed.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 07.2017 |
Date Uploaded: | 08.2017 |
Photo Location: | Philippines |
Camera: | NIKON D7000 |
Copyright: | © ee lin chan |