I continue to be drawn to the complex communities of shrimp species hosted by sea anemones. While the Pederson cleaner shrimp and squat anemone shrimp are most commonly seen (see Feb. 8th post), we also find other species in anemones.
One of the prettiest shrimp is the spotted cleaner shrimp. They don't get bigger than an inch. The youngest ones are nearly transparent. The bottom 2 photos are a couple of views of the same individual.
The shrimp in the top photo is also quite lovely, but not abundant enough to be included in Paul Humann's "Reef Creature Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas" guide. I am clueless as to what it is, but I am guessing that it might also be a cleaner shrimp. It was about an inch long.
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