Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Scarlet-Striped Cleaning Shrimp
Lysmata grabhami
Scarlet-Striped Cleaning Shrimp
Also known as: Red-Backed Cleaning Shrimp, Scarlet Lady
Category: Broken-back Shrimps
Scientific Name: Lysmata grabhami
Size: 1 to 2 in. (2 to 5 cm)  
Depth: 3-90 ft. (1-27 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Caridea (Infraorder)
      └Alpheoidea (Superfamily)
       └Lysmatidae (Family)
        └Lysmata (Genus)

Crustaceans
Broken-back Shrimps

Scarlet-Striped Cleaning Shrimp

Sponge Peppermint Shrimp

Caribbean Squat Anemone Shrimp

Roughback Shrimp



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