Tiny Larva, and a Shrimp, BHB in SE Florida

[dianna912]

This little shrimp looks like a spotted cleaner, but it doesn't have the distinctive purple. Very hard to spot, as it blended in perfectly.

The larva, I'm completely perplexed by. My first thought was a baby octopus, but it looks nothing like the pics I can find of that or a squid larva.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Cali_diver]

The second pic looks like a type of swimming anemone

 

[dianna912]

You may be on to something! Looking at anemone larva, this looks spot on.

 

[tursiops]

The shrimp looks like a cross between a spotted cleaner (blue/purple on legs, banded antennae, big egg-shell patches on body) and a sun anemone shrimp: the legs are perfect for the latter, but the body and antennae are wrong. Could there be two shrimp there?

 

[dianna912]

The second pic looks like a type of swimming anemone

The shrimp looks like a cross between a spotted cleaner (blue/purple on legs, banded antennae, big egg-shell patches on body) and a sun anemone shrimp: the legs are perfect for the latter, but the body and antennae are wrong. Could there be two shrimp there?

I don't think so. Here is another picture.