Indian lined shrimp
Lysmata vittata
Classification
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Lysmatidae
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Lysmata vittata, commonly known as the peppermint shrimp, is a species of shrimp, native to the Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Philippines, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Lysmata vittata has been suggested as a cleaner shrimp species in aquaculture. This species has been shown to successfully remove different parasite species from the orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) fish hosts as well as free living stages of Cryptocaryon irritans.
Lysmata vittata es una especie de camarón nativa del Indo-Pacífico desde África Oriental hasta Filipinas, Japón, Australia y Nueva Zelanda. Lysmata vittata ha sido sugerida como una especie de camarón más limpia en acuicultura. Se ha demostrado que esta especie elimina con éxito diferentes especies de parásitos del mero Epinephelus coioides, así como de las etapas de vida libre de Cryptocaryon irritans.
Distribution
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