Crustaceans
Harlequin Shrimp
Hymenocera picta · Crustacean — family Palaemonidae; a sea-star-eating specialist shrimp
Harlequin shrimp look painted for a festival and live like specialists on a dare: they eat sea stars, only sea stars, and work in mated pairs to do it. A pair — porcelain white splashed with mauve-blue in the Pacific form — finds a star by scent, grips an arm, and levers the whole animal over to reach the tube feet, then walks it back toward the burrow. Feeding starts at the arm tips, and stars often survive long enough to regrow or escape; pairs have been seen keeping a Linckia alive as a larder. Territories are tiny and stable, so once a site's guides know a pair, sightings stay dependable for months. At two knuckles long they demand a slow search of rubble undercuts. Resist any urge to deliver a star for the camera — staged feedings are manipulation, not luck.
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"상주종"은 해당 다이빙 포인트에서 대부분의 다이빙 시 만날 수 있다는 의미이며, "계절종"은 표기된 월에 안정적으로 출현한다는 뜻입니다. 그 외의 생물은 보너스로 여기세요 — 계획의 근거로 삼지 마세요.
| 목적지 | 신뢰도 | 월 | 참고 사항 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bali & Nusa PenidaIndonesia | Occasional | 연중 가능 | |
| Kona, HawaiʻiUnited States | Occasional | 연중 가능 | |
| Lembeh StraitIndonesia | Occasional | 연중 가능 | |
| AnilaoPhilippines | Occasional | 연중 가능 | |
| Dumaguete, Dauin & Apo IslandPhilippines | Occasional | 연중 가능 |
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서식지: Rubble undercuts, boulder gaps, and coral crevices on reefs and muck margins, in small, stable territories.
범위: Indo-Pacific from East Africa to Hawaii and the eastern Pacific fringe; Pacific animals wear mauve-blue blotches, Indian Ocean animals more purple-red.
행동 특성: Lives in monogamous pairs that locate stars by scent, lever them over to reach the tube feet, and feed from the arm tips over days; territories stay stable for months.
먹이: Sea stars exclusively, from Linckia to juvenile crown-of-thorns; pairs sometimes keep a star as a living larder.
크기: 보통 0.04 m; 최대 기록 수심 0.05 m (body length).
이 생물 주변에서의 행동 요령
Never collect a sea star and drop it in front of a pair to stage a feeding photo — moving animals to bait behavior is manipulation, and known pairs get enough attention as it is.
보존
Not formally assessed; aquarium collection is the main direct pressure, and its prey-specialist lifestyle ties it to healthy sea-star populations.
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