Black and Silver Cuapetes shrimp (Cuapetes grandis)

Appearance

Size to 2.5 cm (1 in.). Translucent with silvery highlights and black an white line markings on the carapace and abdomen. White spots on claw arms and tail.

Cuapetes grandis Rojos I, Lembeh.
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/74854/cuapetes_grandis.html Black and Silver Cuapetes shrimp,Cuapetes grandis,Geotagged,Indonesia,Spring

Naming

Parent
Cuapetes Clark, 1919
Orig. name
Anchistia grandis Stimpson, 1860
Synonymised names
Anchistia grandis Stimpson, 1860
Periclimenes grandis (Stimpson, 1860)
Periclimenes vitiensis Borradaile, 1898 (synonym)

Cuapetes grandis Air Bajo I, Lembeh. Sitting on a carnation coral, Dendronephthya sp.
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/80886/cuapetes_grandis.html
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/80887/cuapetes_grandis.html Black and Silver Cuapetes shrimp,Cuapetes grandis,Geotagged,Indonesia,Spring

Distribution

Indo-Pacific.

Cuapetes grandis Rojos I, Lembeh. Black and Silver Cuapetes shrimp,Cuapetes grandis,Geotagged,Indonesia,Spring

Behavior

Commensal shrimp but free-living.

Habitat

Reef-associated; depth range 1 - 24 m.
Found on rocky and cobble intertidal.

Reproduction

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer

References:

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https://www.sealifebase.ca/summary/Cuapetes-grandis.html
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=514518
https://books.google.be/books/about/Reef_Creature_Identification.html?id=yqeecQAACAAJ&source=kp_cover&redir_esc=y

Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Division	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Decapoda
Family	Palaemonidae
Genus	Cuapetes
Species	Cuapetes grandis

Photographed in
Indonesia