[1] It occurs in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean and is a cleaner shrimp, operating a cleaning station to which fish come to have parasites removed.

[2] Lysmata grabhami occurs in shallow water on either side of the tropical and sub-tropical Atlantic Ocean.

[2] In the West Atlantic it is found on the coast of North America, the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico and around Bermuda.

In the East Atlantic it occurs in the Canary Islands, Madeira and Cape Verde.

Six species of shrimp from three different families have developed this practice, a case of convergent evolution.