Description 

Carapace: The carapace is blue-grey, plain on the sides and longitudinally striped on the dorsum. The stripes are continuous with those on the abdomen. 

The abdomen is grey with longitudinal brown stripes dorsally. Laterally it is uniformly pale grey with a single brown line running through all segments. The last segment and tail have setae. 

The rostrum is grey and the antennae are white. 

The pincers are grey-violet with white or orange dactyl and pollex. 

The chelate second leg is violet with yellow joints. 

The legs are violet-grey with pale yellow joints. 

Identifying Features 

Similar Shrimps

The Violet Shrimp is found in a similar habitat. It can have a striped abdomen but is coloured violet or pinkish-orange and has violet antennae. 

Blue Nipper Shrimp occupies a similar habitat but is much larger. Legs are similar, with a blue wash to chelipeds and thoracic appendages. Carapace and abdominal markings are distinctively different. 

Nomenclature

Hayashi & Shiratori 2003 Alpheus species 6 from Japan

Undescribed species