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Hippolyte australiensis is known from Australia, where it is native everywhere except for the west and the Northern Territory, the shrimp has been recorded in the South China Sea since 2024.
The small shrimp is very variable in color, it can be green, orange, red or brownish, depending on the color of the algae in which it lives, monochrome light green on green algae and deep red on red algae.
The adaptation of the coloration to the algae is an effective camouflage and protection for the shrimp.
The shrimp occurs in seagrass beds with Posidonia australis.
Hippolyte australiensis is probably an algae eater and organic waste destroyer.
They normally walk on their legs, but can use their strong muscular belly and tail fan to quickly move the shrimp out of harm's way.
This behavior is common in most caridean shrimps.
Synonyms:
Caradina cincunnuli Spence Bate, 1864
Virbius australiensis Stimpson, 1860
The small shrimp is very variable in color, it can be green, orange, red or brownish, depending on the color of the algae in which it lives, monochrome light green on green algae and deep red on red algae.
The adaptation of the coloration to the algae is an effective camouflage and protection for the shrimp.
The shrimp occurs in seagrass beds with Posidonia australis.
Hippolyte australiensis is probably an algae eater and organic waste destroyer.
They normally walk on their legs, but can use their strong muscular belly and tail fan to quickly move the shrimp out of harm's way.
This behavior is common in most caridean shrimps.
Synonyms:
Caradina cincunnuli Spence Bate, 1864
Virbius australiensis Stimpson, 1860
