Shrimp, Anilao, Philippines

Anilao, Philippines, Shrimp

This page links to shrimp we have photographed on several dive trips to the Anilao area of Batangas, Philippines. This is by no means complete coverage of Philippine shrimp. We did not specifically seek out shrimp, but simply photographed those we ran across if it was convenient. We have made a few guesses on genera and families of some of our unknowns, but no doubt there are many errors and the names should not be taken as certain. We welcome corrections at uwkwaj@yahoo.com.

Measurements were rarely taken in the field and animals were not collected, so any sizes given are usually very rough eyeball estimates often based on distant memories, and are provided only as a general guideline of what to look for. Estimated lengths include the body from head to tail, but generally not the anterior appendages.

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Alpheidae

Alpheus sp. 1	Athanas sp. 1	Synalpheus cf demani
Synalpheus neomeris

Hippolytidae

Gelastocaris paronai	Phycocaris simulans	Phycocaris simulans
Saron marmoratus	Saron marmoratus	Saron cf marmoratus
Saron sp. 1	Saron sp. 2	Tozeuma armatum
Tozeuma lanceolatum

Lysmatidae

Lysmatella prima

Palaemonidae

Allopontonia brockii	Ancylomenes adularans	Ancylomenes luteomaculatus
Ancylomenes magnificus	Ancylomenes sarasvati	Ancylomenes venustus
Ancylomenes sp. 1	Ancylomenes sp. 2	Cuapetes kororensis
Cuapetes tenuipes	Cuapetes sp. 1	Cuapetes sp. 2
Cuapetes sp. 3	Dasycaris ceratops	Dasycaris zanzibarica
Gnathophylloides mineri	Gnathophyllum americanum	Hamodactylus boschmai
Hamopontonia fungicola	Hymenocera picta	Izucaris masudai
Laomenes amboinensis	Laomenes cf amboinensis	Laomenes cf amboinensis
Laomenes pardus	Laomenes cf pardus	Laomenes sp. 1
Laomenes sp. 2	Leander plumosus	Leander tenuicornis
Manipontonia psamathe	Periclimenes affinis	Periclimenes colemani
Periclimenes sp. 1	Phyllognathia ceratophthalma	Phyllognathia simplex
Pliopontonia furtiva	Pontonides ankeri	Rapipontonia galene
Rapipontonia paragalene	Thaumastocaris streptopus	Tuleariocaris neglecta
Tuleariocaris zanzibarica	Urocaridella antonbruunii	Urocaridella sp. 1
Vir philippinensis	Zenopontonia rex	Zenopontonia rex
Zenopontonia rex	Zenopontonia soror	Zenopontonia soror

Penaeidae

Metapenaeopsis lamellata	Metapenaeopsis cf lamellata	Metapenaeopsis sp. 1
Metapenaeopsis sp. 2	Metapenaeopsis sp. 3	Metapenaeus sp. 1
Metapenaeus? sp. 2

Processidae

Hayashidonus japonicus	Nikoides danae	Nikoides maldivensis
Nikoides sibogae	Processidae sp. 2	Processidae sp. 3

Rhynchocinetidae

Cinetorhynchus hendersoni	Cinetorhynchus reticulatus	Cinetorhynchus cf reticulatus
Cinetorhynchus sp. 2	Rhynchocinetes conspiciocellus	Rhynchocinetes durbanensis