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Skunk Cleaner Shrimp

Skunk Cleaner Shrimp are small marine crustaceans belonging to the Lysmatidae family. These shrimp are notable for their...

Reef Marine Ornamental Cleaner

9.5 Brilliant

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Harlequin Shrimp

Harlequin shrimp, *Hymenocera picta*, are small marine crustaceans native to the Indo-Pacific region. They are distingui...

Marine Ornamental Indo Pacific Hymenoceridae

9.4 Excellent

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Emperor Shrimp

The Emperor Shrimp, *Zenopontonia rex*, is a small marine shrimp belonging to the Palaemonidae family. Notably, it estab...

Marine Ornamental Symbiotic Indo Pacific

9.4 Excellent

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Tiger Pistol Shrimp

The tiger pistol shrimp, *Alpheus bellulus*, is a marine crustacean belonging to the Alpheidae family. Notably, it exhib...

Marine Ornamental Symbiotic Alpheidae

9.3 Excellent

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Randall's Pistol Shrimp

Randall’s Pistol Shrimp, *Alpheus randalli*, is a small marine crustacean belonging to the alpheidae family. It's notabl...

Marine Ornamental Symbiotic Alpheidae

9.3 Excellent

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Fire Shrimp

The Fire Shrimp, *Lysmata debelius*, is a small marine crustacean belonging to the Lysmatidae family. These shrimp are n...

Reef Marine Ornamental Cleaner

9.2 Excellent

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Sexy Shrimp

The Sexy Shrimp, scientifically known as *Thor amboinensis*, is a small marine shrimp belonging to the Palaemonidae fami...

Reef Marine Ornamental Anemone

9.1 Excellent

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Peppermint Shrimp

Lysmata wurdemanni, commonly known as peppermint shrimp, is a small marine crustacean belonging to the Lysmatidae family...

Reef Marine Ornamental Lysmatidae

8.9 Great

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Bumble Bee Shrimp

Bumble Bee Shrimp, scientifically *Gnathophyllum elegans*, are small marine shrimp native to the Indo-Pacific region. Th...

Marine Ornamental Indo Pacific Gnathophyllidae

8.9 Great

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Argentine Red Shrimp

Pleoticus muelleri, the Argentine red shrimp, is a wild-caught Patagonian species that supports one of South America's m...

Food Commercial Marine Atlantic

8.8 Great

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Blue-legged Boxing Shrimp

Stenopus tenuirostris is an Indo-Pacific boxer shrimp distinguished from close relatives by its distinctly blue-colored...

Reef Marine Ornamental Cleaner

8.8 Great

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Golden Boxing Shrimp

Stenopus scutellatus is a Caribbean boxer shrimp with yellow and white coloration, occasionally observed acting as a cle...

Reef Marine Ornamental Deep

8.8 Great

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Anemone Shrimp

Periclimenes brevicarpalis is a small, largely transparent Indo-Pacific shrimp that lives commensally among sea anemone...

Marine Ornamental Symbiotic Indo Pacific

8.7 Great

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Banded Coral Shrimp

Stenopus hispidus is a globally distributed tropical cleaner shrimp instantly recognizable by its bold red and white ban...

Reef Marine Ornamental Cleaner

8.7 Great

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Spotted Cleaner Shrimp

Periclimenes yucatanicus is a Caribbean cleaner shrimp that removes parasites and dead tissue from reef fish at dedicate...

Marine Caribbean Ornamental Cleaner

8.6 Great

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Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp

Lysmata amboinensis, also marketed as the scarlet cleaner shrimp, is an Indo-Pacific coral-reef species that establishes...

Marine Caribbean Ornamental Cleaner

8.5 Great

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Chameleon Shrimp

The chameleon shrimp (Hippolyte varians) is a small marine crustacean distinguished by its remarkable ability to change...

European Marine Camouflage Hippolytidae

7.6 Good

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Blue Grass Shrimp

The blue grass shrimp is a selectively bred color morph of the freshwater crustacean Neocaridina davidi, originating in...

Marine Tropical Camouflage Hippolytidae

7.5 Good

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Lysmata boggessi

Lysmata boggessi is a western Atlantic cleaner shrimp closely resembling Lysmata wurdemanni and distinguished primarily...

Marine Ornamental Cleaner Atlantic

7.4 Good

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Seagrass Shrimp

Seagrass shrimp are small marine crustaceans inhabiting coastal meadows, noted for their crucial role in estuarine food...

Marine Ecology Tropical Hippolytidae

7.3 Good