Location: Romblon Island
Depth: shallow / medium depth
Cover Photo: Wolfgang Holz
Original Name: Allopontonia brockii (de Man, 1888)
Type: Romblon Shrimps
Family: Palaemonidae
Brook’s Urchin Shrimp (Allopontonia brockii) can be found on Fire Urchins. The body coloration varies from light yellow to orange–red with a wide whitish longitudinal stripe sometimes lined with a dark border on its back. Together with its sea urchin habitat its a beautiful subject for underwater macro photography.