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Family Hippolytidae

HAWAII

Saron neglectus

Waikiki, Oahu, 3 feet

 

Electric Beach, Oahu, 35 feet

 

 

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 20 feet

EYESPOT SHRIMP

Rarely seen in dark holes or misidentified as juvenile Marbled Shrimp.  Has a pair of eye-spots on the abdomen and rostrum striped with black and white.  Attains 2 inches.  Hawai‘i and the Indo-Pacific.