From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
| Class
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Malacostraca +
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| Common name is
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Cleaner lebbeid +
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| Family
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Hippolytidae +
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| Genus
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Lebbeus +
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| Order
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Decapoda +
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| Phylum
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Arthropoda +
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| Scientific name is
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Lebbeus mundus +
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| SpecificEpithet
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mundus +
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| Summary
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As the name suggests, the cleaner lebbeid … As the name suggests, the cleaner lebbeid is one of those fascinating species that will climb on, and even into the mouth of, large predatory fish that will sit and allow the shrimp to remove dead skin, parasites, etc. from their bodies. Until reported by Gregory Jensen at the University of Washington, this behavior was unknown in North Pacific waters (but common with many fish and shrimp species in the tropics).y fish and shrimp species in the tropics). +
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| Synonyms include
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Lebbeus schrencki (in part) +
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| TaxonRank
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species +
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| TaxonRemarks
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Greg Jensen separated this species as well as a related species, ''[[Lebbeus eludus]]'' from British Columbia from the Western Pacific ''Lebbeus schrencki''. ''[[Lebbeus eludus]]'' has not been recorded in Southeastern Alaska, but is likely to occur. +
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| Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Lebbeus mundus +
, Lebbeus mundus +
, Lebbeus mundus +
, Lebbeus mundus +
, Lebbeus mundus +
, Lebbeus mundus +
, Lebbeus mundus +
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| Categories |
Marine Invertebrate +
, Species +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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11 March 2013 21:51:22 +
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| Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Lebbeus mundus +
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