Colemans Shrimp
Image of a pair of Colemans Shrimp taken at Seraya Bali,Indonesia.These little shrimp inhabit fire urchins taking up cleaning duties on their mobile host.The female being the larger of the two.
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Marcus Grant
Very cool!!
Stephen Colquitt
Im interested to know how many fire urchins you need to scope out before you find one with the shrimp? I wish I had known about this symbiotic relationship before I visited Indonesia.
MattTworkowski replied
I found them on at least half the fire urchins I looked at although the dive guide said they were only out between about 10am & 2pm for some reason.I did notice diving outside of these times they were not visible so I guess he was right
Jeffrey de Guzman
Stephen – at one of our dive sites here in Anilao – there are all over the place during January. However, fire urchins are very nasty. they will come towards you from a distance and prick you if they can. One thing very unusual about our Coleman Shrimps the bigger female is always perched on the left and the smaller male on the right. Matt’s shot is in reserves which is very interesting.
Midori Furze
Wow!!
Very interesting shot, Matt!!
Beautiful!!
the6tees
Outstanding capture Matt!!
Stephen Colquitt
Thanks Matt and Jeffrey for the valuable info.
BigD
Fantastic photography
Karin Taylor
Magnificent matt!!
Stuart Rose
wow, this is great!!!
Madonna007photo
Wow , this is just perfect !!!!!!!!!
simonesphotos
Brilliant Matt, do you study up on all these little critters prior to a dive so you know where to look or have you just been out so many times now that you know them by heart??