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Dancing Shrimp, Family Rhynchocinetidae
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Family Rhynchocinetidae: Dancing Shrimp.
Small, reclusive, often seen
in large associations, or at least their large reflective eyes, at night on
reefs in the wild. Salient distinguishing feature of the family is a foldable
rostrum. Do tango-like dance when moving. Trouble with many stinging-celled
animals. Eat zoanthids, mushrooms, soft and some hard corals. Do get along with
Anemones and Bubble Corals.
| Rhynchocinetes durbanensis Gordon 1936, the Durban
Dancing Shrimp. Indo-West Pacific; Red Sea to the Philippines. Need reef tank conditions, but not with much light, lots
of hiding spaces. In the wild live in large associations
(dozens to hundreds of individuals) within
rocky caves, areas Aquarium and N. Sulawesi pix. |
 
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| Rhynchocinetes rigens, the Red Night Shrimp. 1 1/4-
2" length. Nocturnal... here tooling around at night in front of
Plaza Las Glorias, Cozumel, another burrowing in the sand in Bonaire at
night. |
 
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| Undescribed, unknown Rhynchocinetes species... there are
several. Here are two, one in Fiji, the other in the Red Sea, both at
night. |
 
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Genus Cinetorhynchus:
| Cinetorhynchus hendersoni,
Henderson's Hinge-Beak Shrimp. To 2.5 cm. Pacific; Japan to Columbia.
PhilS pic in PNG. |
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| Cinetorhynchus hiatti (Holthus & Hayashi 1967),
Hiatt's Hinge-Beak Shrimp. Found in shallow, rocky areas of the
Indo-Pacific. Kailua, Hawai'i pic. |
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