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Banded Boxer Shrimp
Stenopus hispidus
6.95033, 125.67
Field Notes
Description:
Also known as Banded Boxing Shrimp, Coral Banded Boxing Shrimp, Banded Coral Shrimp, Red-banded Coral Shrimp, Banded Coral Cleaner Shrimp, Banded Cleaner Shrimp and Barber-pole Shrimp.
They wave their antennae to attract fish. They feed on parasites, algae and plankton, and grow to a length of about 5cm.
Habitat:
Found on reefs and sponges waiting for customers to clean. Often seen in groups or crawling over (cleaning) fish and eels. This is a circumtropical species.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedDecember 9, 2011
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