This dataset contains raw data collected for three separate experiments investigating the cleaning behaviour of the cleaner shrimp Lysmata amboinensis
This dataset is available as a spreadsheet in both MS Excel (.xlsx) and Open Document v1.2 (.ods) formats.
The aim of this research was to experimentally examine the non-symbiotic cleaning capacity of Lysmata amboinensis, a tropical cleaner shrimp, towards all life stages of a commercially important ectoparasite of finfish, Neobenedenia (Monogenea). Specifically we sought to determine: 1) whether L. amboinensis would consume Neobenedenia eggs; 2) whether L. amboinensis would consume free swimming Neobenedenia larvae; 3) if L. amboinensis could reduce infection success of Neobenedenia to a potential fish host.