Help me ID my new mandis shrimp

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Hello what mandis shrimp is this ? It’s near 8 cm and at the tail I see red highlights
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P. ciliata.

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The giveaway is the checkerboard eye patterns, they are color polymorphic and may change when it molts but the eyes have a signature pattern to them. The manual confirmation is the way it eats.

They're a pretty nice species that roams reef flats, so it'll get more active over time. As long as it has a spot to dig out a u-shaped burrow under a rock you should be good, sand is deep enough.
 
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Ok thanks, one more question what are those light blue things under his face?

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mandibular palp, you'll often see it cleaning itself with them.

P. ciliata is highly color polymorphic based on environment, so it likely won't stay that way.
 

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