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Blind Faith! This Snapping Shrimp and the Goby has a symbiosis relationship with the Snapping Shrimp building and maintaining a burrow while the Goby uses the burrow the Shrimps build as their home.  <br />
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The Gobies usually stands guard at the entrance of the burrow and feeds on passing &#039;food&#039; when currents comes in while at the same time, signalling to the Shrimp with it&#039;s tail whether it is &#039;safe&#039; for the Shrimp to come out of the burrow when it is maintaining the burrow by removing sands.  The Shrimps are blind and uses their antennae to communicate with the Gobies to get &#039;safe clearance&#039; to approach the entrance of the burrow each time they removes debris/sands. Alpheus ochrostriatus,Anilao,Batangas,Fine-Striped Snapping Shrimp,Philippines,Shrimp,Snapping Shrimp Click/tap to enlarge PromotedCountry intro

Blind Faith!

This Snapping Shrimp and the Goby has a symbiosis relationship with the Snapping Shrimp building and maintaining a burrow while the Goby uses the burrow the Shrimps build as their home.

The Gobies usually stands guard at the entrance of the burrow and feeds on passing 'food' when currents comes in while at the same time, signalling to the Shrimp with it's tail whether it is 'safe' for the Shrimp to come out of the burrow when it is maintaining the burrow by removing sands. The Shrimps are blind and uses their antennae to communicate with the Gobies to get 'safe clearance' to approach the entrance of the burrow each time they removes debris/sands.

    comments (3)

  1. Fascinating! Posted 2 years ago
    1. But often overlooked by divers as usually they are not too 'interesting' without lightings and they are very shy and both will scurry into the burrow when you get too closed, unless you approach slowly. Posted 2 years ago
      1. I'm glad you took the time :) Posted 2 years ago

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Also known as Alpheus ochrostriata, Alpheus sp., Snapping Shrimps, Alpheid Shrimps, Goby Shrimps, Pistol Shrimps, Yellow Bulldozer Shrimp and Yellow-lined Pistol Shrimp. Found usually in pairs in shallow water on coral and rocky reefs, in estuaries and harbours. They live close to their holes that they share with various gobies of the genus Amblyeleotris and Cryptocentrus.

Similar species: Decapods
Species identified by Albert Kang
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Uploaded Oct 24, 2022.