Mediterranean Cleaner Shrimp [Lysmata seticaudata]
Description
Mediterranean Cleaner Shrimp are recognizable by their bright, shrimp-like posture and their busy, purposeful behavior at cleaning sites. Underwater, divers may watch them “work” as curious fish hover nearby, letting the shrimp pick at their skin and gill areas.
Where To See Mediterranean 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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