It was not until 1967 that Bruun's cleaning partner shrimp (Urocaridella antonbruunii: 2 cms.) was classified. Clearly, marine biologists had not noticed it before. This is not entirely surprising as it is tiny, transparent and lives in groups inside small reef crevices, where it hangs motionless in the water. Such places are cleaning stations, where fish come to have dead skin and parasites removed by little animals which elsewhere would be symbiotic relationship is comparable to the ancient Greek Olympic Truce - normal behaviour is suspended to mutual advantage. Egyptian Red Sea.

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