Help me ID my new mandis shrimp

[backtorealll]

Hello what mandis shrimp is this ? It’s near 8 cm and at the tail I see red highlights

 

[Stomatopods17]

P. ciliata.

Spearer

The giveaway is the checkerboard eye patterns, they are color polymorphic and may change when it molts but the eyes have a signature pattern to them. The manual confirmation is the way it eats.

They're a pretty nice species that roams reef flats, so it'll get more active over time. As long as it has a spot to dig out a u-shaped burrow under a rock you should be good, sand is deep enough.

 

[backtorealll]

A video of feeding that you can see the frond a little better


Video

 

[Hadla]

I’m so jealous! If the eyes look like there’s a checkerboard pattern, it’s a ciliata!

 

[backtorealll]

Ok thanks, one more question what are those light blue things under his face?

Video

 

[Stomatopods17]

mandibular palp, you'll often see it cleaning itself with them.

P. ciliata is highly color polymorphic based on environment, so it likely won't stay that way.