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Rhynchocinetes uritai

Common name: peppermint shrimp, camelback shrimp


Photo by Mark Rosenstein / Active Window Productions, Inc.

This shrimp is often confused with Lysmata wurdemanni, also called a peppermint shrimp. R. uritai has a more pronounced hump back. It sometimes eats corals and should not be kept in the reef aquarium.

     
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