Spotted cleaner shrimp
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Spotted cleaner shrimp |
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Periclimenes yucatanicus (Ives, 1891) |
The spotted cleaner shrimp (Periclimenes yucatanicus), lives in sea anemone. They are cleaner shrimp who sway their body and wave their antennae to attract other fish from which they eat dead tissue, algae and parasites.