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Clear cleaner shrimp
Urocaridella antonbruunii
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 220201, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Clear cleaner shrimp
- Scientific
- Urocaridella antonbruunii
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Shrimps
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 2 to 66 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A clear cleaner shrimp: an almost transparent shrimp with red and white markings that gathers in groups at cleaning stations and removes parasites from fish.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=17, 10 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Urocaridella-antonbruunii.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220201
- inaturalist.org /taxa/123395
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Bruuns_Cleaning_Partner_Shrimp_-_Urocaridella_Antonbruunii_
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.