Florida shrimp ID

[Nick Steele]

Hello yesterday I came across an anemone that had a few little shrimp on it. The black/white one I believe is a squatting/sexy shrimp(middle) but have no clue of the clear one (left). About 22’ of water on south Florida reef.

 

[Allison Finch]

Pederson shrimp? I can hardly see it in this photo. Did it have purplish points?

 

[agilis]

Ancylomenes pedersoni, an active little cleaner shrimp that lives in anemones.

 

[Nick Steele]

Pederson shrimp? I can hardly see it in this photo. Did it have purplish points?

I don’t believe so but maybe it did I really was more focused on the squating shrimp and just spotted the clear after I downloaded the pics from the GoPro

 

[Ricardo V.]

@Nick Steele
The one to the right of your photo is a Squat Shrimp.
The other one is most likely a Penderson Shrimp. I can’t see enough detail to be fully confident about the second shrimp. If it’s not a Penderson, it’s an anemone cleaner shrimp. Did you see any pink spots on the left shrimp? If so, it’s a cleaner. Pendersons tend to prefer Corckscrew anemones, but they adapt.
Where in FL did you spot these?
Cheers,
Ricardo

 

[Ricardo V.]

Here is a macro shot of a Squat Shrimp, followed by an Anemone Shrimp and last but not least, a Penderson Shrimp.

 

[cgills]

Most likely a Spotted Cleaner Shrimp ,Periclimenes yucatanicus more commonly associated with the Giant Anemone, than a Pederson Shrimp,Periclimenes pedersoni . Tough to be certain without a more detailed close up.