Crimson Anemone with ONE Candy-stripe Shrimp
$120.00
Living Gems - One Candy-Stripe Shrimp (size around 1 cm) on a Crimson Anemone.
This species of shrimp is so often found in association with Crimson Anemones (Cribrinopsis rubens) or the closely related Snakelock Anemones (Cribrinopsis fernaldi) They must be immune to the anemones' stinging cells (nematocysts).
Candy-Stripe Shrimp can be up to 4.5 cm long = Lebbeus grandimanus.
Anemone = Cribrinopsis rubens to 30 cm tall. This was only described as a distinct species in 2018.
©Jackie Hildering; www.TheMarineDetective.com
Ready-to-hang canvas wrap. Image is mirror wrapped around a 3.8 cm (1.5″) stretcher bar. My signature is on the image.
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More species information:
Candy-Stripe Shrimp get the benefit of snacks and the anemone MAY get protection.
From Greg Jensen's “Crabs and Shrimps of the Pacific Coast”: "The shrimp are believed to feed primarily on egested material [think poop] and the sloughing tissues of their host anemone".
Greg observed in his aquarium that Candy-Stripe Shrimp would share space on an anemone with other shrimp species (Kincaid's Shrimp) but immediately attacked another species believed to harm the anemone - Snyder's Blade Shrimp.
