Shrimp: Lysmata californica, Red Rock Shrimp aka Cleaner Shrimp Phil's Reef, Redondo, California
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![Shrimp: Palaemonidae, likely, though which species is difficult to discern from the photo. Tiny, pelagic shrimp, clinging onto an egg mass (?), in the water column above the Barge, Redondo Beach, California. <br />
These shrimp don't normally ride on plankton. The one photographed here may have been a juvenile "hitching a ride" before settling to the sea floor. <br />
Comment and ID thanks to Mary Wicksten, Texas A&M.<br />
Shrimp is more likely riding a polycystine [sic] radiolarian (thanks to gramlich@mail.sdsu.edu).](https://photos.smugmug.com/NorthAmerica/Invertebrates-Eastern-Pacific/Crustaceans-Eat/i-Ccgdhj2/0/31c15523/Ti/Shrimp9a_120903-Ti.jpg)
![Shrimp: Palaemonidae, likely. Tiny, pelagic shrimp, clinging onto an egg mass (?), in the water column above the Barge, Redondo Beach, California. <br />
These shrimp don't normally ride on plankton. The one photographed here may have been a juvenile "hitching a ride" before settling to the sea floor. <br />
Comment and ID thanks to Mary Wicksten, Texas A&M.<br />
Shrimp is more likely riding a polycystine [sic] radiolarian (thanks to gramlich@mail.sdsu.edu).](https://photos.smugmug.com/NorthAmerica/Invertebrates-Eastern-Pacific/Crustaceans-Eat/i-CXfLwrD/0/c785be15/Ti/Shrimp9b_120903-Ti.jpg)
