Lysmata
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Lysmata is a genus of cleaner shrimp
, containing the following species:
Cleaner shrimp
Cleaner shrimp is a generic term for any swimming decapod crustacean that cleans other organisms of parasites. This is a widely-cited example of symbiosis: a relationship in which both parties benefit. The fish benefit by having parasites removed from them, and the shrimp gain the nutritional value...
, containing the following species:
- Lysmata amboinensis (De Man, 1888)
- Lysmata anchisteus Chace, 1972
- Lysmata ankeri Rhyne & Lin, 2006
- Lysmata argentopunctata Wicksten, 2000
- Lysmata bahia Rhyne & Lin, 2006
- Lysmata boggessi Rhyne & Lin, 2006
- Lysmata californica (Stimpson, 1866)
- Lysmata chica Wicksten, 2000
- Lysmata debeliusLysmata debeliusLysmata debelius is a species of cleaner shrimp indigenous to the Indo-Pacific. It is popular in the aquarium trade, where it is known as the fire shrimp, blood shrimp or scarlet cleaner shrimp.-Taxonomy:...
Bruce, 1983 - Lysmata dispar Hayashi, 2007
- Lysmata galapagensis Schmitt, 1924
- Lysmata grabhami (Gordon, 1935)
- Lysmata gracilirostris Wicksten, 2000
- Lysmata hochi Baeza & Anker, 2008
- Lysmata holthuisi Anker, Baeza & De Grave, 2009
- Lysmata intermedia (Kingsley, 1878)
- Lysmata kempi Chace, 1997
- Lysmata kuekenthali (De Man, 1902)
- Lysmata moorei (Rathbun, 1901)
- Lysmata morelandi (Yaldwyn, 1971)
- Lysmata multiscissa (Nobili, 1904)
- Lysmata nayaritensis Wicksten, 2000
- Lysmata nilita P. F. R. Dohrn & Holthuis, 1950
- Lysmata olavoi Fransen, 1991
- Lysmata pederseni Rhyne & Lin, 2006
- Lysmata philippinensis Chace, 1997
- Lysmata porteri (Rathbun, 1907)
- Lysmata rafa Rhyne & Anker, 2007
- Lysmata rathbunae Chace, 1970
- Lysmata rauli Laubenheimer & Rhyne, 2010
- Lysmata seticaudata (Risso, 1816)
- Lysmata splendida Burukovsky, 2000
- Lysmata stenolepis Crosnier & Forest, 1973
- Lysmata ternatensis De Man, 1902
- Lysmata trisetacea (Heller, 1861)
- Lysmata udoi Baeza, Bolaños, Hernandez & López, 2009
- Lysmata uncicornis Holthuis & Maurin, 1952
- Lysmata vittataLysmata vittataLysmata vittata is a species of shrimp, native to the Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Philippines, Japan, Australia and New Zealand....
(Stimpson, 1860) - Lysmata wurdemanniLysmata wurdemanniLysmata wurdemanni, also known as the peppermint shrimp, is a species of shrimp.-Description:It reaches in length, and is named for the bright red stripes on its otherwise translucent body, which are reminiscent of peppermint candies such as a candy cane...
(Gibbes, 1850) - Lysmata zacae Armstrong, 1941