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PHOTO GALLERY SPOTLIGHT by JAMES WISEMAN

 

 

Blood Shrimp (Cinetorhynchus manningi - ID by Dr. Mary Wicksten - Texas A&M University) on Montastraea cavernosa - Flower Garden Banks, National Marine Sanctuary

This nocturnal decapod can be found on night dives at the Flower Gardens and it probably occurs throughout the Gulf of Mexico on hard bottom substrate. Its feeding habits are unknown so it may or may not be a good reef aquarium candidate.

Camera: Fuji Finepix S2pro
Housing: Ikelite Underwater Systems
Lens: Nikkor 60mm Micro
f16 @ 1/90th
Flash:  Two external underwater strobes
Water depth 75 feet

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