Pacific Cleaner Shrimp [Lysmata amboinensis]
Description
Cleaner shrimp set up shop on reefs and become well-known to fish that line up for a quick “cleaning.” Divers may watch fish hover nearby while the shrimp picks at parasites and dead tissue, creating a lively, almost social scene underwater.
Where To See Pacific Cleaner Shrimp
No sighting locations recorded yet.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Arthropods
Arthropoda
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Crabs, Lobsters & Shrimp
Malacostraca
|
| Order |
Decapods
Decapoda
|
| Family |
Combtooth Blennies (Lysmatid Blennies)
Lysmatidae
|
| Genus |
Lysmata
Lysmata
|
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