Mantis/pistol shrimp in Central CA tidepools?

[andromedia226]

Hi all!

I love winter! It's the best time to tidepool in CA because the lowest levels are mostly in daytime... And with such warm weather as we're having...


So, today I brought a thermometer with me to the tidepools...and the water was ~71 degrees from the sun heating it up.

The question is: When I was knee deep (with shoes on) in the middle of a pool, I suddenly heard LOUD popping sounds coming from the water below me. Sounded suspiciously like my two mantis shrimp.

I only know of the one mantis shrimp that's in southern CA and that lives quite deep in the water. What could have been making those noises???

[Msby12]

they are pistol shrimp! i'm more south than you are, but once i went to the tidepool and heard popping (while i was in the water) and thought "TIME TO GET OUT!!!" and i did! :D but then i noticed, that it was more of a popping noise, rather than the mantis shrimp's click!

So i listened for the sound and looked under a few rocks (remember to put them back! :)) and reached in the muddy water and picked up a small pistol shrimp!

HOWEVER, do this at YOUR OWN RISK!! don't blame me if i'm wrong about your area and you have Hemisquilla Californiensis under your rocks!

[deboM3]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9261760#post9261760 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Msby12
HOWEVER, do this at YOUR OWN RISK!! don't blame me if i'm wrong about your area and you have Hemisquilla Californiensis under your rocks!

haha, i like this quote.

Hey what tidepools were you at? Montana???

[andromedia226]

Near shell beach. How's del oro's tide pools? If we were in Florida, I'd skip the LFS and go straight to DIY stocking!

[Thurge]

:D thats what I did when I lived there.