Squat shrimp

Scientific name : Thor amboinensis

Small shrimp, with short legs and claws, brown-orange colour with large white spots. White eyes. The abdomen, held in vertical position, is moved around with a typical behaviour. 2 cm.
Circumtropical.
It cannot be confused, for the colour pattern but also for the typical posture of the abdomen.

Associated organisms
Many non obligate associations with anemones like Cryptodendrum adhaesivum, Actinodendron spp., or corals. Usually it stays around the anemone, without walking on the oral disc. An unexplained association with the mantis shrimp Lysiosquillina lisa has ben observed.

	Description	Author	Place	Size
	Squat shrimps dancing	MATTEO GUARDINI	Indonesia, Likupang	600 kB
	Squat shrimp tail dancing and antennas vibrating	MATTEO GUARDINI	Indonesia, Likupang	724 kB
	Thor amboinensis	DANIELE IOP	Indonesia, Bunaken	769 kB