The Anemone Shrimp, also known as Cleaner Shrimp, Hump-back Shrimp, or Broken-back Shrimp, are a large family of over 330 species, including several species of cleaner shrimp. A small number of these species can be found during Koh Lanta diving.
Anemone Shrimp feed on algae and plankton, and are often spotted in small colonies blending in with their hosts. They can be found on algae, anemones, soft corals, sea whips and hard corals.
Some species of Hippolytidae can grow up to 8cm and are found world-wide, in both shallow marine and fresh water habitats.
They have 10 pairs of legs, with the front two pairs having pincers used for cleaning. The first (primary) pair of pincers are much larger than the second )secondary) pair of pincers.
2 species found on this page.