Pistol shrimp ID request

[Krully]

So I’ve had this pistol shrimp for a while now, tried to pair it with a yellow watchman goby but they didn’t bother and the goby passed a few months ago. I’m not sure what sub specie it is. Also the pic quality is terrible but it’s hard to get a glimpse at the guy let alone take a picture.
Thanks for trying if you do

 

[Sierra_Bravo]

Hard to even try without seeing the entire animal. If you want to browse around, there are a few resources that are helpful. One is here: https://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/alpheus/HomeAlpheus.html but there are quite a few databases of snapping shrimp available. It helps to know where your rock originated if it hitchhiked in.

I have also used Google images to search Alpheidae or Alpheid shrimp and browse until I find a match. Good luck - cool critters. Yours looks like he could throw one heck of a left hook!

 

[BloopFish]

I know some people who study snapping shrimps and there are many that aren't even described yet in much details... Sometimes it's cool to know you have something unknown to most.

 

[Krully]

Hard to even try without seeing the entire animal. If you want to browse around, there are a few resources that are helpful. One is here: https://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/alpheus/HomeAlpheus.html but there are quite a few databases of snapping shrimp available. It helps to know where your rock originated if it hitchhiked in.

I have also used Google images to search Alpheidae or Alpheid shrimp and browse until I find a match. Good luck - cool critters. Yours looks like he could throw one heck of a left hook!

Thank you for those useful ressources I’ll try and see if I can find a matching one. Are some more prone to pair with a goby or is it more about picking the right goby?
This one sure can throw good punches, she already ate most of my beloved stomatellas and I witnessed her drag a nassarius to her burrow but he managed to escape (to be fair he was as big as the shrimp)

I know some people who study snapping shrimps and there are many that aren't even described yet in much details... Sometimes it's cool to know you have something unknown to most.

I didn’t consider how many different kinds of pistol shrimp existed it’s actually mind blowing and you’re right. If I can find a match easily great and if not I’ll consider having an unknown specimen

 

[BloopFish]

Thank you for those useful ressources I’ll try and see if I can find a matching one. Are some more prone to pair with a goby or is it more about picking the right goby?
This one sure can throw good punches, she already ate most of my beloved stomatellas and I witnessed her drag a nassarius to her burrow but he managed to escape (to be fair he was as big as the shrimp)
I didn’t consider how many different kinds of pistol shrimp existed it’s actually mind blowing and you’re right. If I can find a match easily great and if not I’ll consider having an unknown specimen

I used to collect things myself back when I used to live in Hawaii. I could easily identify the fish and such with very popular Hawaii Reef fish literature, but the crustaceans were another story. I could easily identify the common inverts, but once I look at things such as colonial pistol shrimps... certain types of crabs... let's just say they're either not described or no one has photos of them. At best there will be some drawings or sketches from 50 or so odd years ago that's not very helpful when the color is just black and white.

 

[flsalty]

If it hitchhiked in on Florida rock it's not a species that pairs up with gobies. None of the Caribbean species do either.

 

[Katrina71]

Tiger pistols are the easiest to pair imo.