Halocaridina rubra, Hawaiian red shrimp, ʻōpaeʻula, opae ula, micro lobster

Typical food of ʻōpaeʻula is algal and bacterial mats on the surface of rocks and other substrates in anchialine pools. Chelipeds are adapted for scraping and filtering of algal-bacterial layers. Serrated setae scrape the substrate surface, and filamentous setae collect the loosened food materials. The latter can also act as filters, although filter feeding is only observed in pools with dense phytoplankton blooms.

The grazing activity of this shrimp is essential in maintaining the integrity of the crust, an actively growing matrix of plants, bacteria, diatoms, protozoans, and underlying siliceous and carbonate materials.

Halocaridina rubra, ʻōpaeʻula, opae ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp. Halocaridina rubra is a small red shrimp of the family Atyidae, with the common Hawaiian name ʻōpaeʻula (meaning "red shrimp"). It is a small red shrimp, rarely longer than 1½ cm in length, typically found in brackish water pools near the sea shore, sometimes in large numbers. Such pools are referred to as anchialine pools (from the Greek anchialos = near the sea). *

* Another Species collected by Silane in Singapore *

* Say NO to ecosphere *

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Halocaridina
• rubra
• Hawaiian
• red
• shrimp
• ʻōpaeʻula
• opae
• ula
• micro
• lobster

[minigarneli]

Wenn man die Augen zusammenkneift und zwei Meter Abstand nimmt, kann man was erkennen...

LG

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[cyberkid2]

Opae Ulaaaaaa...*DROOL*