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Indo-Pacific White-Striped Cleaner Shrimp
Lysmata amboinensis
21.4482, -158.201
Field Notes
Description:
Yellow-bronze shrimp ~ 6 cm long (less antennae) with red dorsal surface with white longitudinal strip along the dorsal centerline and red tail with white spots.
Habitat:
Near shore tropical waters; coral reef ecosystem.
Notes:
Spotted off of Leeward Oahu. This species is also known as a "racer shrimp" (from its appearance of having a stripe like a race car). Date and location notional, but reasonably close to actual date and location of spotting. Original medium photoprint taken with Nikonos III and close-up kit using flash; subsequently scanned and image saved as digital file.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedDecember 4, 2011
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