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Description 2" (51 mm) long, 3/8" (10 mm) high. Slender, elongate. White, with red-edged purple bands on body and pincers. Antennae twice body length. 1st pair of walking legs nearly body length, hand of pincer long. Pincers and body surface spiny.

Habitat On coral reefs.

Range Florida; West Indies.

Discussion This beautiful cleaning shrimp advertises its availability by standing in one place and waving its antennae to attract a fish in need of having its external and mouth parasites removed.