Lembeh Strait, Indonesia, Shrimp

This page links to shrimp we have photographed on one dive trip to Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia, at the end of 2013. This is by no means complete coverage of Indonesian 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 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 bellulus


Alpheus bisincisus

Alpheus sp.


Alpheus sp. 2

Synalpheus demani

Synalpheus stimpsonii

Caprellidae


Caprellid spp.



Hippolytidae


Gelastocaris paronai


Hippolyte commensalis


Phycocaris simulans

Saron sp.

Tozeuma lanceolatum

Tozeuma lanceolatum

Tozeuma lanceolatum

Lysmatidae


Lysmatella prima



Palaemonidae


Ancylocaris brevicarpalis


Ancylomenes magnificus


Ancylomenes sarasvati


Ancylomenes venustus

Cuapetes kororensis

Dasycaris zanzibarica

Dasycaris zanzibarica

Hamopontonia fungicola

Hymenocera picta


Laomenes albonigrus

Laomenes cf amboinensis

Laomenes pardus

Laomenes pardus

Laomenes sp. 2

Leander plumosus

Leander tenuicornis

Manipontonia psamathe

Periclimenes colemani

Phyllognathia ceratophthalma

Pliopontonia furtiva

Pontonides ankeri

Stegopontonia commensalis

Vir colemani

Vir philippinensis

Zenopontonia rex

Zenopontonia soror

Zenopontonia soror

Zenopontonia soror

Pandalidae


Metapenaeopsis lamellata


Metapenaeopsis sp. 1


Metapenaeopsis sp. 2


Metapenaeopsis sp. 3

Metapenaeopsis sp. 4

Rhynchocinetidae


Cinetorhynchus reticulatus


Sicyoniidae


Sicyonia japonica



Stenopodidae


Stenopus hispidus


Thoridae


Thor amboinensis



We thank the knowledgeable people in the Facebook Crustacean Identification Group for suggestions on several of these species. Most IDs, however, including no doubt any errors, were made by us using various published and web references.

Primary print references used for identification:

Colin & Arneson (1995)
Debelius (1999)
Gosliner et al (1996)
Hoover (1999)
Humann & DeLoach (2010)
Ryanskiy (2020)

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