Shane and Porter Clarke are played by real life brothers Pua and Robbie Magasiva respectively.
In "Beauty and the Beach", Tori stated that Shane was afraid of spiders. However, as this episode shows, it might be more an aversion than crippling fear, like Kapri's.
This is the second time a Ranger revealed his ranger identity to his brother. The first was Tommy to his brother David on Zeo, and the third with Theo to his twin brother Luen on Jungle Fury.