Red-banded transparent shrimp (Heptacarpus sitchensis)

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Photo by Brian38

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Field Notes

Description:

The Red-banded transparent shrimp is characterized by the reddish oblique stripes against a white background. It amazingly can change its color to match its background or even become transparent.

Habitat:

Spotted in tide pool weaving in and out of green algae. Location is
Kopachuck State Park beach at low tide.

Notes:

RANGE: Southern Alaska to Northern Mexico.

Reference Links:

Heptacarpus sitchensis

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Comments (3)

Neil Ross

Well done, Brian. That is excellent information. You could add that link to your references or notes. 3 cm is too small to eat, but I was jesting about throwing it on the barbie. Everything looks like food to me atm. I must have some sort of mineral deficiency.

Brian38

Thanks Neil. These shrimp are relatively small about 3 cm. I believe they can use multiple methods of camouflage, including disruptive coloration. I've only learned about this in the last couple of days - so I'm still researching it. Research in this area seams to lacking but I did find this site that explains some: http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~rtb6933/shrimp/color.html

Neil Ross

Cool spotting, Brian. I didn't know shrimp could change colour. Is this fellow big enough for the barbie yet?

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