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Phylum Arthropoda > Class Crustacea > Subclass Malacostraca > Order Decapoda > prawns and shrimps
Crinoid shrimps
Awaiting identification*
updated Feb 2020
Where seen? Tiny shrimps live in feather stars! They are sometimes seen on our shores.

Features: 1-2cm long. The shrimps generally have colours and patterns that closely resemble the feather star that they live in.

Pulau Hantu, Jan 12

Crinoid shrimps on Singapore shores
On wildsingapore flickr

Other sightings on Singapore shores


St John's Island, Apr 12
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on his blog.

St John's Island, Apr 12
Photo shared by Marcus Ng on flickr.
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