Shrimp ID help

[cali9dub]

Can anyone tell me what shrimp this is? It is about an inch and a half long. Sorry for the blurry pic its the best i could get so far...
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q21/cali9dub/shrimp1.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q21/cali9dub/shrimp.jpg

[Cam H]

Neogonodactylus wennerae is my best guess

[cali9dub]

What are the clues that lead to that conclusion ??

[Kharn]

It's a stomatopod answering your question as to "what shrimp is this"

As far as species I would agree with Cam H

Notice its 2 "club like arms", the big ones that it uses to hit things. If you can get a picture of the inner side of these "arms" we can I.D. it with better confidence. There is a distinctive large dot/circle on the arm towards the rear or "shoulder" the dot/circle often is 2 colors, 1 being a thin ring around a large dot/circle.

This circle/dot is called the 'Meral spot' very useful in identifying species.

Here is an example of one of my stomatopods and its Meral spots (one on each 'arm'), towards the rear, it's clear as day on this species and almost like an 'egg out of shell' there is the clear as day orange circle, with a whitish thin rim around it, making this a G.graphurus he is called Rocky =).
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/8065/rocky1r.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/rocky1r.jpg/)

Hope this helps

[Kharn]

I called those "arms"..."arms" to dumb it down and simplify it, they are called 'Raptorial Appendages' and they are actually a part of the animals MOUTH!

[nmotz]

How big is it? Do you know if it was caught in the pacific or atlantic? If it's an Atlantic species, it's probably an N. Wennerae, but if its from Indonesia or some other pacific island, it might be a G. Chiragra. On the second picture I think I can make out a plain white meral spot, which is consistent with G. Chiragra (sometimes they have a small black dot on the rim). Get a better shot of the meral spots, like Kharn said, and we'll be able to identify it.

[cali9dub]

The Lfs where I got it said it was from the pacific.

[nmotz]

If it's from the Pacific then it is not an N. Wennerae. See if you can a few more clear pics. My guess right now is G. Chiragra. There's a lot of those in the market right now (must be easy to collect).

[cali9dub]

If it's from the Pacific then it is not an N. Wennerae. See if you can a few more clear pics. My guess right now is G. Chiragra. There's a lot of those in the market right now (must be easy to collect).

From what I can see the spot is white with a thin black outline and a thicker black spot at the bottom right (as you are looking at the mantis straight on)

[cali9dub]

If it is G. Chiragra what care tips should I follow. On Monday I am receiving a 16"x16" acrylic cube for him/her. I plan on a sand/ pea size pebble substrate and a pile of live rock rubble. Currently this guy is about an inch and a half long. How big do they get?? Thanks !

[Fartin'Gary]

If it is G. Chiragra what care tips should I follow. On Monday I am receiving a 16"x16" acrylic cube for him/her. I plan on a sand/ pea size pebble substrate and a pile of live rock rubble. Currently this guy is about an inch and a half long. How big do they get?? Thanks !

No care tip really. Just keep chemicals away from the tank. Chiragra is about at tough as they come. Their reputation is being the hardest hitting and very aggressive/ill tempered Gonodactylus there is. They are also reportedly very shy and hide a lot. So if you get an outgoing one you are lucky.Biggest one's get around 4".

[joshPensacola]

Gonodactylaceus ternatensis

[joshPensacola]

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/crustacea/malacostraca/eumalacostraca/royslist/species.php?name=g_ternatensis