Hamopontonia corallicola

Bruce, 1970

Popcorn Shrimp, Egg Shell Shrimp

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: East Africa to Malaysia to Indonesia and Great Barrier Reef.

Size: 1 inch (2.5 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow reef areas and is found living with mushroom corals.

Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home aquarium trade.

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Malacostraca

Order: Decapoda

Family: Palaemonidae

Genus: Hamopontonia

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

Lives basically with Discosoma and Rhodactis spp.

Depends upon the cleaning process for its food.