Florent's Guide To The

South Florida 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)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Caridea (Infraorder)
        └Alpheoidea (Superfamily)
         └Lysmatidae (Family)
          └Lysmata (Genus)
           └L. grabhami (Species)

Crustaceans
Broken-back Shrimps

Scarlet-Striped Cleaning Shrimp

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Caribbean Squat Anemone Shrimp

Roughback Shrimp



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