大型海水魚の口腔内や、体表につく寄生虫を食べるクリーナーシュリンプとしてよく知られています。鮮やかな体色の上に触覚や脚を広げた姿が龍宮城の乙姫のようだという事で名付けられました。

The Otohime Shrimp is well known as a cleaner shrimp that feeds on the oral cavity of large saltwater fish and on parasites that attach themselves to their body surfaces. Its name comes from their bright body color and the way their antennae and legs are spread out, which makes them look like Otohime, the princess of the Dragon Palace from the Japanese fairy tale “Urashima Taro.”