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Common name: Rock Mantis Shrimp, split-thumb Functional type: Smasher Range: Caribbean, Florida to Curacao and Panama Habitat: Reef and grass flats, coral reefs Depth: Low intertidal to 20 m; usually shallow Home: Cavities in coralline algae, coral rubble, live coral, urchin tests, gastropod shells Diet: Generalist, crustaceans and gastropods Size: 770 mm Color: Variable; green, brown, cream, solid to mottled; meral spot purple (darker in males) Distinguishing Characters: Purple meral spot; females with small black dots over body Activity: Diurnal
Suitability for Aquarium: Excellent; hardy and active Availability: Occasionally found as a hitchhiker in shipments of LR from Florida; commercially available from collectors in the Florida Keys; easily collected from exposed reef flats throughout the Florida Keys and Caribbean Back to the Species Directory |