Spotted cleaner shrimp
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The spotted cleaner shrimp (Periclimenes yucatanicus), is a kind of cleaner shrimp
common to the Caribbean Sea
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live in sea anemones, including Bartholomea annulata, Condylactis gigantea
, Lebrunia danae and Rhodactis sanctithomae. They sway their body and wave their antennae
in order to attract fish
from which they eat dead tissue, algae, and parasites.
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...
common to the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
. These shrimp
Shrimp
Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. Shrimp are an important...
live in sea anemones, including Bartholomea annulata, Condylactis gigantea
Condylactis gigantea
Condylactis gigantea is a tropical species of sea anemone that is found in coral reefs, shallow ocean waters, in shore areas in the Caribbean Sea – most specifically the West Indies – and the Western Atlantic Sea, ranging from southern Florida through the Florida Keys...
, Lebrunia danae and Rhodactis sanctithomae. They sway their body and wave their antennae
Antenna (biology)
Antennae in biology have historically been paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods. More recently, the term has also been applied to cilium structures present in most cell types of eukaryotes....
in order to attract fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
from which they eat dead tissue, algae, and parasites.