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Sea Star Shrimp-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts December 1, 2023 0 2ea Star Shrimp (Zenopontonia soror) are also known as Starfish Shrimp. They live exclusively on Sea Stars or Starfish. During...
Pom Pom Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 27, 2023 0 3he Pom Pom Crab (Lybia tessellata) also known as the Boxer crab and Mosaic Boxer Crab is a species of...
Crinoid Squat Lobster-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 25, 2023 0 8he Crinoid Squat Lobster (Allogalathea elegans) is also known as the Feather Star Squat lobster or the Elegant Squat Lobster....
Bloody Hermit Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts September 25, 2022 0 135he Bloody Hermit Crab (Dardanus sanguinocarpus) is one of the more colorful smaller hermit crabs in Tanzania. They were first...
Red Reef Lobster- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts September 11, 2022 0 283he Red Reef Lobster (Enoplometopus occidentalis) is also known as the hairy reef lobster. They are only active at night...
Clear Cleaner Shrimp-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts January 28, 2021 0 508he Clear Cleaner Shrimp (Urocaridella antonbruunii) is also known as the Anton Bruni Cleaner Shrimp, the Red and White Cleaner...
Feather Star Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts December 9, 2020 0 343he Feather Star Crab (Tiaramedon spinosum) is not commonly seen in Tanzanian waters and this is likely a function of...
Spider Decorator Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 15, 2020 0 300he Spider Decorator Crab (Camposcia retusa) is also known as the Blunt Decorator Crab, the Velcro Crab and the Tarantula...
Crinoid Shrimp-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 11, 2020 0 566inoid Shrimp are also known as Feather Star Shrimp. They live exclusively on Crinoids or Feather Stars. Crinoids or Feather...
Spotted Reef Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 9, 2020 0 768he Spotted Reef Crab (Carpilius maculatus) is also known as the Seven-eleven crab, the Dark-finger coral crab, and the Large...
Ridged Swimming Crab – Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts August 7, 2020 0 340he Ridged swimming crab (Charybdis natator) is also known as the wrinkled swimming crab or rock crab. Because of the...
Convex Reef Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts August 4, 2020 0 440he Convex reef crab (Carpilius convexus) is also known as the Round-back Coral Crab. They are fairly common at night...
Emperor Shrimp-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts April 25, 2020 0 604he Emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) is one of the more vividly colored shrimp around. They form what are termed commensal...
Hairy Coral Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts April 12, 2020 0 503he Hairy Coral Crab (Cymo andreossyi) is also known as the Furry Coral Crab . Being small and well camouflaged...
Harlequin Swimming Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts April 6, 2020 0 547he Harlequin Swimming Crab, Lissocarcinus laevis is not easy to see because of its size and one has to look...
Olive Purse Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts February 7, 2020 0 202he Olive Purse Crab, Leucosia pubescens does not seem to be common in Tanzanian waters and indeed does not seem...
The Squat Shrimp-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts December 1, 2019 0 735he Squat Shrimp (Thor amboinensis) is also known as the Sexy Shrimp. They are small colorful shrimp that form a...
Unicorn Shrimp- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 10, 2019 0 854he Unicorn Shrimp (Genus Plesionika) are also known as the Narwhal Shrimp. They obtain their name from the proportionally very...
Anker’s Whip Coral Shrimp-Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts October 18, 2019 0 654he Ankers Whip Coral Shrimp (Pontonides ankeri) is also known as the Barred Wire Coral Shrimp and sometimes simply as...
Yellow Porcelain Anemone Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts October 11, 2019 0 69he Yellow Porcelain Anemone Crab, Neopetrolisthes alobatus is not common in Tanzanian waters. In several years of searching we have...
Flathead Slipper Lobster- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts August 5, 2019 0 395he Flathead Slipper Lobster (Thenus Orientalis) is a very unusual looking clawless lobster even by slipper lobster standards. In Australia...
Reticulated Hinge Beak Shrimp- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts August 1, 2019 0 116he Reticulated Hinge-beak Shrimp (Cinetorhynchus reticulatus) is also known as the Green-eye Dancing Shrimp. They are fairly rare in Tanzanian...
Halloween Hermit Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts April 10, 2019 0 903he Halloween Hermit Crab (Ciliopagurus strigatus) is also known as the Cone Shell Hermit Crab, the Striped Hermit Crab and...
Spiny Spooner Reef Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 24, 2018 0 1586he Spiny Spooner Reef Crab (Etisus dentatus) is also known as the Red Reef Crab. They obtain their name from...
Blunt Slipper Lobster- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 15, 2018 0 1596he Blunt Slipper Lobster (Scyllarides squammosus) is an unusual looking clawless lobster. They are usually only active at night and...
Smooth Box Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts November 15, 2018 0 2318he Smooth Box Crab (Calappa calappa) is also known as the Giant Box Crab or the Shamefaced Crab. Because of...
Smith’s Swimming Crab- Facts and Photographs Alan Sutton Facts July 1, 2018 0 1190mith’s Swimming Crab (Charybdis smithii) is a very interesting swimming crab that exhibits swarming behavior. They were first found in...
