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The term "cleaner shrimp" is sometimes used more specifically for the family Hippolytidae and the genus Lysmata. Cleaner shrimp are so called because they exhibit a cleaning symbiosis with client fish where the shrimp clean parasites from the fish. The fish benefit by having parasites removed from them, and the shrimp gain the nutritional value ...
Lysmata amboinensis is an omnivorous shrimp species known by several common names including the Pacific cleaner shrimp.It is considered a cleaner shrimp as eating parasites and dead tissue from fish makes up a large part of its diet.
Periclimenes, commonly known as glass shrimp or cleaner shrimp, is a commensal and often symbiotic genus of semi-transparent shrimp within the family Palaemonidae. [3] [4] Species of this large genus feature a wide variety of coloration and patterns, widespread distribution throughout much of the world's tropical oceans, and are often sought out for aquarium trade.
Lysmata is a genus of shrimp in the infraorder Caridea, the caridean shrimp.The genus belongs to the family Lysmatidae. [3] Lysmata are popular ornamental shrimp in the marine aquarium trade for their bright color patterns, interesting behaviors, and ability to control certain aquarium pests [3] such as sea anemones of the genus Aiptasia. [4]
The spotted cleaner shrimp (Periclimenes yucatanicus), is a kind of cleaner shrimp common to the Caribbean Sea. These shrimp live among the tentacles of several species of sea anemones . They sway their body and wave their antennae in order to attract fish from which they eat dead tissue, algae and parasites .
Stenopus hispidus lives below the intertidal zone, at depth of up to 210 metres (690 ft), [2] on coral reefs. [5] It is a cleaner shrimp, and advertises to passing fish by slowly waving its long, white antennae.
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Ancylomenes magnificus, also known as the magnificent anemone shrimp, [2] is a species of cleaner shrimp common to the Western Pacific Ocean at depths of 3–29 metres (10–95 ft). [3] They are commonly found on stony coral, Catalaphyllia and the sea anemone, Dofleinia armata. [1]