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Eyespot shrimp
Saron neglectus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 210451, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Eyespot shrimp
- Scientific
- Saron neglectus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Shrimps
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 1 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A stout shrimp with a mottled body and eye-like spots. It hides in crevices by day and comes out at night.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=6, 6 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Saron-neglectus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210451
- inaturalist.org /taxa/121675
- inaturalist.org /observations/378507436
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.