Note:

Condivide la tana con pesci anche di grossa stazza, lo si vede spesso fra le fauci di murene e gronghi intento a pulire la loro bocca dagli avanzi del pasto.

Tassonomia:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
Superphylum: Panarthropoda Cuvier
Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 - Latreille, 1829 - arthropods
Subphylum: Crustacea Brünnich, 1772 - Crustaceans
Infraphylum: Crustaceomorpha (Chernyshev, 1960)
Superclass: Crustacea Pennant, 1777 - Crustaceans
Class: Malacostraca Latreille, 1802
Subclass: Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892
Superorder: Eucarida Calman, 1904
Order: Decapoda Latreille, 1802 - Decapods
Suborder: Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963
Infraorder: Caridea Dana, 1852 - Caridean and Procaridean Shrimps
Superfamily: Alpheoidea
Family: Alpheidae - Snapping Shrimps
Genus: Lysmata (Stimpson, 1866)
Specific name: seticaudata (Risso, 1816)
Scientific name: Lysmata seticaudata (Risso, 1816)