Lysmata prima

(Borradaille, 1915)

Lesser Cleaning Shrimp

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Maldives, Andaman Sea, Indonesia, and N. Sulawesi.

Size: 2 inches (5 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits rubble and sandy bottom areas in bays and lagoons.

Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home tropical aquarium trade.

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Malacostraca

Order: Decapoda

Family: Hippolytidae

Genus: Lysmata

FYI: Shown here for identification only.