Very small shrimp ID?

[McDam]

the other night I was laying on the floor staring into my refugium as usual. Studying all of the micro fauna skittering about when I noticed something new.
It seems to be a very small shrimp, literally the size of the isopods.
And tonight I noticed a few more.
Distinguishing features are two black eyes close to center and they definitely have claws. At first I thought Mysid but I wasn’t able to find any pictures of mysid with claws. Some have developed a pinkish hew. Others are transparent. I do have breeding cleaner shrimp in the display but it doesn’t look similar to cleaner shrimp larval pics.

 

[redfishbluefish]

#Reefsquad

 

[WV Reefer]

the other night I was laying on the floor staring into my refugium as usual. Studying all of the micro fauna skittering about when I noticed something new.
It seems to be a very small shrimp, literally the size of the amphipods.
And tonight I noticed a few more.
Distinguishing features are two black eyes close to center and they definitely have claws. At first I thought Mysid but I wasn’t able to find any pictures of mysid with claws. Some have developed a pinkish hew. Others are transparent. I do have breeding cleaner shrimp in the display but it doesn’t look similar to cleaner shrimp larval pics.

I cannot remember the name right now but it is a type of pod. I had them in my small reef for awhile.

 

[NY_Caveman]

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[Flippers4pups]

I cannot remember the name right now but it is a type of pod. I had them in my small reef for awhile.

On the tip of my tongue...... I’ve got them in my refugium now.

 

[WV Reefer]

Leucothoe Amphipod I think.

 

[McDam]

Harmless? How big do they get?

 

[saltyhog]

On the tip of my tongue...... I’ve got them in my refugium now.

Stick your tongue out and take a selfie so we can see the name of these critters!

I agree they are probably a type of pod but I have never seen any like them in any of my tanks. Very cool!

 

[McDam]

Yes. Thanks. Now looking more at Amphipods I think it is. Another cool little critter to join the many. Always so neat to observe new things.

 

[DSC reef]

@Lovemyreef2015

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

It's a type of tandid shrimp. Possibly spieces being Leptochelia savignyi. Some are harmless grazer and others are known to be predatory.

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

@Lovemyreef2015

Thanks for the tag!

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Being that yours has bigger claws I would say you probably have a Male. He is a picture for reference

 

[WV Reefer]

Harmless? How big do they get?

The ones I had never got much bigger and eventually disappeared.

I have some video somewhere I’ll try to dig up. I was afraid it was some type of mantis shrimp because of the “arms”.

 

[McDam]

Being that yours has bigger claws I would say you probably have a Male. He is a picture for reference

So cool! I will have to look for a female now. They seem to be substantially different.
What would the possible prey on? They have pods crawling all around them and havnt seen it make a move at any.

 

[McDam]

The ones I had never got much bigger and eventually disappeared.

I have some video somewhere I’ll try to dig up. I was afraid it was some type of mantis shrimp because of the “arms”.

That’s funny. We had the same thought here to. Since the tail end is longer and the folding claws we initially thought mantis. I saw one and thought oh well let’s see what happens. But then tonight I saw more and panicked a little. Lol If it was mantis I would have been in for an interesting reefventure.

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

So cool! I will have to look for a female now. They seem to be substantially different.
What would the possible prey on? They have pods crawling all around them and havnt seen it make a move at any.

If you have the predatory ones then pods. If you aren't noticing it trying to eat any you might have a harmless grazer. There are over a 1000 species of tandid shrimp so it will be hard to get a exact species ID

 

[McDam]

Just found this.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-02/rs/index.php

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Just found this.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-02/rs/index.php

That's a great article.

 

[McDam]

If you have the predatory ones then pods. If you aren't noticing it trying to eat any you might have a harmless grazer. There are over a 1000 species of tandid shrimp so it will be hard to get a exact species ID

No. That is quite alright. I was just looking for a general idea out of curiosity. Thank you so much.