Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

White-Banded Cleaner Shrimp
Lysmata amboinensis
White-Banded Cleaner Shrimp
Also known as: White-Striped Cleaner Shrimp, Pacific Cleaner Shrimp, Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp
Category: Broken-back Shrimps
Scientific Name: Lysmata amboinensis
Size: Up to 2.25 in. (6 cm)  
Depth: 6-50 ft. (2-15 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Arthropoda (Phylum) Arthropods
└Crustacea (Subphylum) Crustaceans
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass) Typical Crustaceans
  └Malacostraca (Class) Malacostracans
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass) Decapods, Isopods, and Allies
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order) Decapods
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Caridea (Infraorder) Caridean Shrimps
        └Alpheoidea (Superfamily)
         └Lysmatidae (Family) Broken-back Shrimps
          └Lysmata (Genus)
           └L. amboinensis (Species)
WoRMS ID: 241289🔗
iNaturalist ID: 121385🔗

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