Banded Coral Shrimp
Stenopus hispidus
Features
Reddish-brown banded body and claws; slender claws about as long as body; very long, branched, white, filamentous antennae. To 90 mm.
Notes
Common in crevices and under ledges on coral and rocky reefs.
Northern Australia from North West Cape, WA, to southern NSW; Indo-pacific to West Atlantic.
Photo courtesy Ian Banks.
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