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Mike92
08/22/2010, 01:35 PM
Is there any differences on average between the behavior and activity level of these?

sjmantis
08/23/2010, 10:24 AM
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/crustacea/malacostraca/eumalacostraca/royslist/

Gonodactylus
08/23/2010, 10:44 AM
Not much. N. oerstedii gets a bit larger and is more likely to be found in shallow water which means it can tolerate more light. N. oerstedii also tends to have a mottled appearence where N. wennerae more frequently is a darker, solid rust or green. Both are hardy and forage away from their cavities.

Roy