ID of strange pistol shrimp please

Ooulophilia · 09/08/2006, 09:16 PM

Hey, I was unpacking A/C acros today, and came across 2 of these while searching for undesireables. It is definatly a type of pistol, and I could not find it in any of my refence books:

I know there are pistols that associate with different corals, an acro pistol maybe?

TKByrnes · 09/08/2006, 09:20 PM

Kinda looks like spongebob when he got his muscle arms! lol not sure what kind he is. ill be following along to find out. congrats on the new coral.

Ooulophilia · 09/08/2006, 10:49 PM

Anyone got anything? I have gone throught my whole library and found nothing - I want to know where to put these guys!

JJohn · 09/08/2006, 11:04 PM

Not much help really but, I accidentally killed one just like this when I didn't see him and dipped a new acro in Seachem Reef Dip before putting it in my tank. I felt pretty bad but the darn thing was practically invisible and hidden deep in the colony. Mine was about 1/2 of an inch in length. Kinda cute little fella. Don't know if it is a parasite or a symbiont.

John

LeslieH · 09/09/2006, 01:00 PM

It's not a true pistol shrimp at all even though it can snap like one. This is another coral associate Coralliocaris graminea. These guys are really neat to watch. They wave the two big claws in unison as if they were pieces of algae rather than shrimp parts.

09/08/2006, 09:16 PM	#1
Ooulophilia Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Norcal Posts: 482	ID of strange pistol shrimp please Hey, I was unpacking A/C acros today, and came across 2 of these while searching for undesireables. It is definatly a type of pistol, and I could not find it in any of my refence books: I know there are pistols that associate with different corals, an acro pistol maybe?

09/08/2006, 09:20 PM	#2
TKByrnes Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fairfield, PA Posts: 1,331	Kinda looks like spongebob when he got his muscle arms! lol not sure what kind he is. ill be following along to find out. congrats on the new coral. __________________ Baby it was on sale half price I PROMISE!!!! Current Tank Info: 90 gal mixed reef-55 gal sump-mag 9.5 return pump-10 gal frag tank 15 gal refugium. 2x 150 watt HQI outer orbit 4x pc actinic

09/09/2006, 01:00 PM	#5
LeslieH Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 3,178	It's not a true pistol shrimp at all even though it can snap like one. This is another coral associate Coralliocaris graminea. These guys are really neat to watch. They wave the two big claws in unison as if they were pieces of algae rather than shrimp parts. __________________ Cheers, Leslie So many worms, so little time... Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

09/08/2006, 10:49 PM	#3
Ooulophilia Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Norcal Posts: 482	Anyone got anything? I have gone throught my whole library and found nothing - I want to know where to put these guys!

09/08/2006, 11:04 PM	#4
JJohn Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 229	Not much help really but, I accidentally killed one just like this when I didn't see him and dipped a new acro in Seachem Reef Dip before putting it in my tank. I felt pretty bad but the darn thing was practically invisible and hidden deep in the colony. Mine was about 1/2 of an inch in length. Kinda cute little fella. Don't know if it is a parasite or a symbiont. John