The shrimp look identical and those links even have a cross references to both Periclimenes and Dasycaris, hence the confusion.
I thought scientific names were specifically to avoid confusion! lol.
The shrimp look identical and those links even have a cross references to both Periclimenes and Dasycaris, hence the confusion.
I thought scientific names were specifically to avoid confusion! lol.
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As far as I can tell both names are current and valid and are not synonymous (they refer to different organisms).
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searches produce 2 different shrimp for me. can you post a pic of the shrimp you are referring to.
Jim Lyle, made an awesome trip report for an expedition to the Lembeh Straits. He's a noted underwater photographer.
A direct link to his photo can be found here
Compare that to the shrimp I shot at the 59 second mark in the top video in this thread
Now I get a great kick out of Jim writing in the scientific names of his subjects.....and he identified his shrimp shot as a Dasycaris sp, and I think it is the zanzibarica as in Dasycaris zanzibarica.
I identified the shrimp in my HD video as Percilmenes zanzibaricus.
They look identical to me, hence my confusion.
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I found it listed as Dasycaris zanzibarica in my books.
So what is the difference between a Dasycaris zanzibarica and a Periclimenes zanzibaricus?
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One is a Dasycaris and the other is a Periclimenes! One was found in the Seychelles and the other in the Philippines?
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