is there realy a difference?

antoinette · Post by **antoinette** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:28 am

I asked a friend to look for some white beeshrimps on the Duisburgshow fot me. She didn't bring any, she (and 2 other persons) told me they look exactly the same as the Neocaridna cf. zhangjiajiensis sp. "white perl" , wich i already have

Since i never seen white beeshrimps myself i'm wondering if they are realy different from another and if not of under all conditions you should be able to se the white striping of the beeshrimp?

Post by **Mustafa** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 5:09 am

They definitely look different. Here are some pictures:

http://www.wirbellose.de/arten.cgi?acti ... &artNo=284

You see the two thin white stripes most of the time. Plus, the "organs" of the white bee shrimp appear yellowish through the carapace whereas the "organs" of the Snowball Shrimp (=N. cf. zhangjiajiensis "white") appear dark grey to black.

Also, the white bee shrimp carry bluish eggs although it does not become apparent in the photos above.

antoinette · Post by **antoinette** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:54 am

Ok, thanks, i can see the difference clearly now. Do you know what happend to the one Gerd use to have? When i looked on his site i noticed he doesn't mention them anymore

Post by **Mustafa** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:23 am

No idea. I guess Gerd decided not to sell them for one reason or another.