On Tuesday, Patricia Santos (CONANP), Hitamar Palma Muñoz (CONANP), David Delaney (McGill Univ), and I, went for an evening dive in Puerto Morelos, looking – and listening – for snapping shrimp. We found a handful of Alpheus armatus, and here are the photos to prove it, thanks to Hitamar (Guardaparque, Parque Nacional Arrecife de Puerto Morelos)!
This species is distinctively bright red, as you can see.
Photo credit: Hitamar Palma Muñoz
They are very little, but make quite a racket.
Photo credit: Hitamar Palma Muñoz
Great snap.
Photo credit: Hitama Palma Muñoz
The shrimps are found hiding in curly sea anemones, with which they have a symbiotic relationship.
We were at a local elementary school (Cancun) when we noted students’ interest in a particular ‘tamarind’ tree – looked up and there they were! Very well camouflaged with the pods.
Enjoy this new video about our presentations of Marine Life of the Mexican Caribbean in the local schools and recruiting the students as leaders of coral reef conservation!
I created this video for the Cancun campaign, so it is designed to work in English, Spanish, or really any language, by using puppets and videos to show why it is important to cut those rings. Please feel free to use this video to promote any campaigns against plastic pollution and to help native wildlife, just let me know so I can keep a record.
This lobster is hiding in a “layer cake” a type of artificial reef structure made out of molded concrete (at Sac Bajo site along the coast of Isla Mujeres -Quintana Roo, Mexico).
