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Cleaner shrimp

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The role of the cleaner shrimp is truly unique. Many species of fish, including some species of eels, allow the cleaner shrimp to clean parasites from inside their mouths.

 


Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp's diet include freeze dried, frozen, and dry foods.
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Aardvarks ...

A Blue-lined Goatfish and cleaner shrimp
A Blue-lined Goatfish at Port Stephens
A Blue-lip Anemonefish at Fish Rock
A Blue-lip Anemonefish at South Solitary Island
A Blue-ringed Angelfish at Redang Island, Malaysia ...

cleaner shrimp (Lysmata amboinesis)
closed brain coral (Favites sp.)
common urchin (Echinometra mathaei)
condylactis anemone (Condylactis sp.)
coral banded shrimp (Stenopus hispidus)
corkscrew tentacle anemone (Macrodactyla doreensis) ...

Green Crab, Hermit Crab (Pagorus samuelis), Hingebeak Shrimp, Humpback Shrimp, Kelp Crab, Krill, Land Hermit Crab, Lined Shore Crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes), Mantis Shrimp, Mud Shrimp, Northern Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta), Pacific Cleaner Shrimp, ...

Coral banded shrimp are often found in pairs in the wild; the females are usually larger than their male counterparts. These "cleaner shrimp" will rid coral and fish neighbors of parasites and debris, and are vital to coral reef ecosystems.

Periclimenes tenuipe, Long-armed Cleaner Shrimp
Periphyllida periphyllida, Helmet Jelly
Phaeoptyx xenus, Sponge Cardinalfish
Phoebastria albatrus, Short-Tailed Albatross
Phoebastria immutabilis, Laysan Albatross
Phoebastria irrorata, Waved Albatross ...

See also: Coral, Shrimp, Purple, Scallop, Jellyfish