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.[2]

Lysmata vittata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Lysmatidae
Genus: Lysmata
Species:
L. vittata
Binomial name
Lysmata vittata
(Stimpson, 1860) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Hippolysmata vittata Stimpson, 1860
  • Nauticaris unirecedens Bate, 1888
  • Hippolysmata durbanensis Stebbing, 1921

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. Out of four species of clear shrimp that were compared it was the most effective in reducing parasite numbers.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Lysmata vittata (Stimpson, 1860)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ a b S. T. Ahyong (2010). "New species and new records of Caridea (Hippolytidae: Pasiphaeidae) from New Zealand" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2372: 341–357.
  3. ^ Vaughan, David B.; Grutter, Alexandra S.; Hutson, Kate S. (2018). "Cleaner shrimp are a sustainable option to treat parasitic disease in farmed fish". Scientific Reports. 8 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-018-32293-6. PMC 6143594.