Lysmata amboinensis

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Category of Organisms	Marine Arthropods
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum/Division	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Decapoda
Family	Hippolytidae
Genus	Lysmata
Species	amboinensis
Binomial Name	Lysmata amboinensis
Author	De Man, 1888
Common Name	Scarlet cleaner shrimp, Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, Skunk Cleaner Shrimp,Indo-Pacific White-Banded Cleaner Shrimp ,Indo-Pacific White-Stripe
Local Name
Size Range	Up to 6cm
Environment/Habitat	Often in pairs, groups of up to 100 have been encountered in the reef. It will not tolerate copper or high levels of nitrates in the aquarium, but will require correct levels of iodine in the water to promote proper molting.
Importance/Value
Resilience
Endemic	No
Found in Marine Park	No
Found in Malaysia	Yes
Distribution
Morphology/Character	One of the most important invertebrate cleanners of reef fishes. The distinct coloration is very similar to that of the Atlantic species L.grabhami. the white line on the red back is broken on the tail fan in Lysmata amboinensis continous in L.grabhami. The cleaner shrimps are known to free especially large, stationary reef fishes such as moray and groupers from parasites and infected skin.
Biology	Sexing for these shrimp are hermaphroditic.
Miscellaneaous
Status in IUCN Red List	Unknown
Status in CITES Species Database	Unknown
Researcher(s)
Reference(s)	Helmut Debelius, Crustacea Guide Of The World, pubished by IKAN-Underwasserarchiv
Other Link(s)	http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Lysmata_amboinensis
Collection Record