Shrimp living in clam

[jeffrey750750]

I had to do a triple take when I thought I saw a shrimp in my squamosa clam. Took me a few minutes to get the shot as he is living near the gills. Just wanted to share

 

[Kerbash]

that is crazy is your clam doing good?

 

[jeffrey750750]

Happy as a clam!

 

[Sharkbait19]

Cool!
Just looked it up and it looks like it’s a type of symbiotic shrimp that lives in clams.
I can’t find the specific species name.

Little shrimp in clam?

Hello friends! My brother found this little shrimp in his Squamosa clam. I want to know if theres info on these little guys.

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[jeffrey750750]

Cool!
Just looked it up and it looks like it’s a type of symbiotic shrimp that lives in clams.
I can’t find the specific species name.

Little shrimp in clam?

Hello friends! My brother found this little shrimp in his Squamosa clam. I want to know if theres info on these little guys.

www.reef2reef.com

I stand corrected, just saw a second shrimp. The both have spots and one is darker than the other one.

 

[Tonycass12]

Looks like a type of glass shrimp thats pretty cool rare find!

 

[minus9]

They have a symbiotic relationship and the shrimp cause no harm to the clams. Very cool indeed. Congrats!

 

[TheDragonsReef]

That's really cool

 

[minus9]

Anchistus miersi

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

That's awesome - especially since you have two! I hope they do well!

 

[vetteguy53081]

I had to do a triple take when I thought I saw a shrimp in my squamosa clam. Took me a few minutes to get the shot as he is living near the gills. Just wanted to share

Not abnormal nor harmful, A crab is a whole different story

 

[Smoke-Town]

That's super cool. Are those anemone shrimp that you added or they came with the clam? Also do they ever come out?

 

[vetteguy53081]

That's super cool. Are those anemone shrimp that you added or they came with the clam? Also do they ever come out?

they typically come within. Mine did and one day, shrimp vanished

 

[jda]

I was going to say to look for a second one since they are usually in pairs. When wild clams were common, this used to happen all of the time. They are pretty cool.

 

[jda]

It has been a long time since I looked into these, but they appear to have short life spans, like just a few years. They also are probably not all that tolerant of high residual N and P levels like many other sensitive inverts. In any case, mine disappeared after a year or two.

 

[jeffrey750750]

That's super cool. Are those anemone shrimp that you added or they came with the clam? Also do they ever come out?

I'm assuming they came in the clam, ive had that clam for about 8 months. Never seen them come out, not even peek out

 

[SlugSnorter]

I stand corrected, just saw a second shrimp. The both have spots and one is darker than the other one.

Paranchistus sp. ?

 

[DaJMasta]

Very cool! I wonder if that means it was maricultured/wild collected instead of farmed, or if there are some of those commensal shrimp that have managed to propagate in an aquaculture facility alongside their hosts.

It's always fascinating how many organisms seem to have evolved to live in very specific environments - like particular host species, and seems like a lot of them are shrimp.

 

[Sean Clark]

This is fantastic. Thanks for sharing your find.

 

[Zach B]

Very cool find!