Commensal Shrimps

Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani) Male and female on Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium) Commensal relationship.
Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani) Male and female on Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium) Commensal relationship. two pair couple together duo paired partner partners twin partnership shell armor armour armoured armored protect protected protection hard sheild shield crustacean crustaceans nipper nipping nippers claw claws pinch pinched pinching pincer pincers sting stings stinger stinging stingers toxic toxin poison poisonous poisonos spike spikes spiked spine spines sharp point pointed barb barbed spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks camouflage camoflage camouflaged camoflaged hidden hiding hide cryptic |Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani)

Sea Urchin Shrimp (Stegopontonia commensalis) camouflaged against sea urchin spine.
Sea Urchin Shrimp (Stegopontonia commensalis) camouflaged against sea urchin spine. Palaemonidae Malacostraca Caridea, decapoda decapods single one alone lonely isolated individual small tiny minute minuet miniscule diminutive macro micro little minor minature miniature petite puny shell armor armour armoured armored protect protected protection hard sheild shield shrimp shirmps arthropod arthropoda crustacea malacostraca decapod decapoda caridea invertebrate invertebrates crustacean crustaceans nipper nipping nippers claw claws pinch pinched pinching pincer pincers grip grab gripping grabbing hold holding grasp grasping grasped held slim slender skinny thin narrow slight lean trim upside down |Sea Urchin Shrimp (Stegopontonia commensalis)

Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Spanish Dancer (Hexabranchus sanguineus)
Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Spanish Dancer (Hexabranchus sanguineus) red camouflage colour color commensal pattern white spots spotted Crustaceans |Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator)

Sea Urchin Shrimp (Stegopontonia commensalis)
Sea Urchin Shrimp (Stegopontonia commensalis) Palaemonidae Malacostraca Caridea, decapoda decapods single one alone lonely isolated individual shrimp shirmps arthropod arthropoda crustacea malacostraca decapod decapoda caridea invertebrate invertebrates crustacean crustaceans camouflage camoflage camouflaged camoflaged hidden hiding hide cryptic colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint mauve purple line lines lined stripe stripes striped patterns pattern band bands banded spike spikes spiked spine spines sharp point pointed vertical |Sea Urchin Shrimp (Stegopontonia commensalis)

Aesop Shrimp (Periclimenes aesopius)
Aesop Shrimp (Periclimenes aesopius) transparent small tiny prawn translucent crustacean Crustaceans |Aesop Shrimp (Periclimenes aesopius)

Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani)
Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani) Palaemonidae coleman´s colmans Caridea, decapoda decapods single one alone lonely isolated individual line lines lined stripe stripes striped patterns pattern band bands banded shrimp shirmps arthropod arthropoda crustacea malacostraca decapod decapoda caridea invertebrate invertebrates crustacean crustaceans nipper nipping nippers claw claws pinch pinched pinching pincer pincers curious curiousity curios curiosity look looking inspect inspecting gaze gazing inquisitive inquiring enquiring interested questioning nosy prying strange unusual weird bizarre bizzare bizzarre ugly freak freaky commensal commensel symbiosus symbiotic mutualistic mutual symbiant together share assist assisting assistant vertical |Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani)

Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani) Male and female on Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium)
Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani) Male and female on Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium) Commensal relationship. Palaemonidae Caridea, decapoda decapods two pair couple together duo paired partner partners twin partnership spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks camouflage camoflage camouflaged camoflaged hidden hiding hide cryptic shell armor armour armoured armored protect protected protection hard sheild shield crustacean crustaceans nipper nipping nippers claw claws pinch pinched pinching pincer pincers strange unusual weird bizarre bizzare bizzarre ugly freak freaky curious curiousity curios curiosity look looking inspect inspecting gaze gazing inquisitive inquiring enquiring interested questioning nosy prying |Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani)

Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Seastar (Asterodiscides truncatus)
Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Seastar (Asterodiscides truncatus) bumps lumps bumpy lumpy red lunar mars single one alone tiny small hidden hiding insignificant Crustaceans |Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator)

Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on nudibranch.
Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on nudibranch. different difference two pair couple riding hitching travelling commensal size Crustaceans |Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator)

Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on holothurian Lion's Paw Sea Cucumber (Euapta godeffroyi)
Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on holothurian Lion's Paw Sea Cucumber (Euapta godeffroyi) diagonal riding hitching Crustaceans single one alone lonely isolated individual shell armor armour armoured armored protect protected protection hard sheild shield small tiny minute minuet miniscule diminutive macro micro little minor minature miniature petite puny colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint commensal beche-de-mer holothurian holothurians beche de mer beche-de-mer bech-de-mer bech seacucumber cucumber cucumbers slug sluggish filter vacuum vacumming invertebrate invertebrates crustacean crustaceans |Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator)

Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Leopard Holothurian (Bohadschia argus)
Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Leopard Holothurian (Bohadschia argus) two pair together pattern couple Crustaceans |Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator)

Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Leopard Holothurian (Bohadschia argus)
Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Leopard Holothurian (Bohadschia argus) colour color pattern red circles camouflage Crustaceans |Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator)

Ghost Shrimp (Periclimenes tenuipes)
Ghost Shrimp (Periclimenes tenuipes) arms pincers claws long prawn Crustaceans |Ghost Shrimp (Periclimenes tenuipes)

Crinoid Shrimp (Periclimenes ceratophthalmus)
Crinoid Shrimp (Periclimenes ceratophthalmus) camouflage prey pray praying stripes striped claws Crustaceans |Crinoid Shrimp (Periclimenes ceratophthalmus)

Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani) Male and female on Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium)
Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani) Male and female on Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium) Commensal relationship. Palaemonidae Caridea, decapoda decapods two pair couple together duo paired partner partners twin partnership spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks camouflage camoflage camouflaged camoflaged hidden hiding hide cryptic shell armor armour armoured armored protect protected protection hard sheild shield crustacean crustaceans nipper nipping nippers claw claws pinch pinched pinching pincer pincers strange unusual weird bizarre bizzare bizzarre ugly freak freaky curious curiousity curios curiosity look looking inspect inspecting gaze gazing inquisitive inquiring enquiring interested questioning nosy prying |Sea Urchin Shrimp (Periclimenes colemani)

Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) Male and female on sea cucumber.
Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) Male and female on sea cucumber. two pair couple together duo paired partner partners twin partnership crustacean shell armor armour armoured armored protect protected protection hard sheild shield colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint strange unusual weird bizarre bizzare bizzarre ugly freak freaky Crustaceans |Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator)

Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on sea cucumber skin.
Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on sea cucumber skin. single one alone lonely isolated individual camouflage camoflage camouflaged camoflaged hidden hiding hide cryptic line lines lined stripe stripes striped patterns pattern band bands banded crustacean crustaceans small tiny minute minuet miniscule diminutive macro micro little minor minature miniature petite puny Crustaceans |Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator)

Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia marmorata)
Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia marmorata) Palaemonidae Caridea, decapoda decapods single one alone lonely isolated individual shell armor armour armoured armored protect protected protection hard sheild shield small tiny minute minuet miniscule diminutive macro micro little minor minature miniature petite puny camouflage camoflage camouflaged camoflaged hidden hiding hide cryptic colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint yellow red purple magenta skin hide prawn commensal |Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator)

Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia marmorata)
Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia marmorata) Palaemonidae Caridea, decapoda decapods single one alone lonely isolated individual shell armor armour armoured armored protect protected protection hard sheild shield small tiny minute minuet miniscule diminutive macro micro little minor minature miniature petite puny camouflage camoflage camouflaged camoflaged hidden hiding hide cryptic colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint yellow red purple magenta skin hide prawn commensal |Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator)

Crinoid Shrimp (Periclimenes cornutus) on host crinoid.
Crinoid Shrimp (Periclimenes cornutus) on host crinoid. Palaemonidae Caridea, decapoda decapods single one alone lonely isolated individual shrimp shirmps arthropod arthropoda crustacea malacostraca decapod decapoda caridea invertebrate invertebrates crustacean crustaceans nipper nipping nippers claw claws pinch pinched pinching pincer pincers camouflage camoflage camouflaged camoflaged hidden hiding hide cryptic commensal single one alone lonely isolated individual line lines lined stripe stripes striped patterns pattern band bands banded |Crinoid Shrimp (Periclimenes cornutus)