Aphelodoris karpa with shrimp from Ningaloo

February 17, 2006
From: Kristin Anderson

Bill -

Concerning your comment about the commensal shrimp [#15824], here's an old photo with a single shrimp. I have another with a second shrimp but there's a ton of backscatter in it!

Locality: Exmouth Gulf, 18m, Western Australia, Exmouth Gulf, Ningaloo Reef, 30 January 2004, tidal, silty. Length: 8-9 cms. Photographer: Kristin Anderson

Kristin Anderson

kristin@OceansByAnderson.com

Anderson, K.J., 2006 (Feb 17) Aphelodoris karpa with shrimp from Ningaloo. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15845

Thanks Kristin,
Yes this is almost certainly Periclimenes imperator. It is darker red and the white patches are reduced to small streaks in your animal, but otherwise the colour pattern is identical [see message #14726].
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Feb 17). Comment on Aphelodoris karpa with shrimp from Ningaloo by Kristin Anderson. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15845

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