What is Cleaner shrimp?
[[Image:Lysmata amboinensis cleans mouth of a Moray eel.jpg|thumb|200px|A [[Pacific cleaner shrimp]] cleans a mouth of [[moray eel]]]] [[File:Camarón boxeador (Stenopus hispidus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-15, DD 162.jpg|200px|thumb|Cleaner shrimp in a crevice]] '''Cleaner shrimp''' is a [[generic term]] for any [[swimming]] [[Decapoda|decapod]] [[crustacean]] that cleans other organisms of [[parasite]]s. This is an example of [[symbiosis]]: Both parties benefit. The fish benefit because they have parasites removed, and the shrimp gain the nutritional value of the parasites. In many [[coral reef]]s, there are [[cleaning station]]s, with many cleaning shrimps. This behaviour is similar to that of [[cleaner fish]]. Sometimes, cleaer shrimp join [[Wrasse|cleaner wrasse]] and other cleaner fish. Cleaner shrimp are often included in [[Seawater|salt water]] [[aquarium|aquaria]] to keep the tank clean. [[Category:Decapods]]