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Hingebeak Prawn Seen in Koh Phi Phi, Thailand (2008). Gregarious prawns of vivid red and white pattern. Can be found in large groups in walls and crevices of the coral reef.<br />
Habitat: Crevices, walls. Andaman Sea. Fall,Geotagged,Rhynchocinetes durbanensis,Thailand Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Hingebeak Prawn

Seen in Koh Phi Phi, Thailand (2008). Gregarious prawns of vivid red and white pattern. Can be found in large groups in walls and crevices of the coral reef.
Habitat: Crevices, walls. Andaman Sea.

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  1. Fantastic, they look like a gang up to no good :) Posted 9 years ago

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''Rhynchocinetes durbanensis'', commonly known as the camel shrimp and the hingebeak prawn, is a species of shrimp found in the Indo-Pacific. Up to 4 cm in length, the shrimp has large black eyes, and features red and white lines on a translucent body. It has many white ''ocelli'' as well as a Y-shaped white mark on the upper front part of its carapace. It is strongly sexually dimorphic, and dominant males have larger first pair of chelipeds. The shrimp is found in hollows and crevices from 5 to.. more

Similar species: Decapods
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Uploaded Jul 15, 2016. Captured Nov 18, 2008 02:41 in 6MVWMQ49+6X.
  • SP550UZ
  • f/2.8
  • 10/600s
  • ISO50
  • 4.68mm