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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Lysmatidae

Genus: Lysmata

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24 species (see list below)
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Harasti, David

Indo-Pacific.

Lysmata amboinensisDe Man, 1888

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Lysmata amboinensis
[Scarlet cleaner shrimp]
No picture found
 
Lysmata anchisteus
[]
No picture found
 
Lysmata ankeri
[]
No picture found
 
Lysmata arvoredensis
[]
No picture found
 
Lysmata brevrostrus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm TL
 
Lysmata californica
[Red rock shrimp]
No picture found
 
Lysmata debelius
[Blood red fire shrimp]

Auscape International

Western Central Pacific a

Lysmata grabhami(Gordon, 1935)

Photo by Auscape International
 
Lysmata grabhami
[Cleaner shrimp]
No picture found
 
Lysmata intermedia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
 
Lysmata kuekenthali
[Kükenthal's cleaner shrimp]
No picture found
 
Lysmata malagasy
[]
No picture found
 
Lysmata moorei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Lysmata multiscissa
[Djibouti cleaner shrimp]
No picture found
 
Lysmata napoleoni
[]
No picture found
 
Lysmata parvispinosus
[]

Jacobson, Pauline Walsh

Western Central Atlantic

Lysmata pederseniRhyne & Lin, 2006

Photo by Jacobson, Pauline Walsh
 
Lysmata pederseni
[]
No picture found
 
Lysmata rafa
[]
No picture found
 
Lysmata rathbunae
[Rathbun cleaner shrimp]

Coudre, Christian

Eastern Atlantic, Mediter
Max. Length 6.7 cm TL
Lysmata seticaudata(Risso, 1816)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Lysmata seticaudata
[Monaco cleaner shrimp]
No picture found
 
Lysmata ternatensis
[]
No picture found
 
Lysmata trisetacea
[]
No picture found
 
Lysmata vittata
[Indian lined shrimp]

O'Keefe, Jo

Western Atlantic Ocean.
Max. Length 0.7 cm CL
Lysmata wurdemanni(Gibbes, 1850)

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo
 
Lysmata wurdemanni
[Peppermint shrimp]
No picture found
 
Lysmata zacae
[]


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