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Mystery of bright-white shrimp solved

16 May 2023
Photo of a Pacific cleaner shrimp showing its brilliant white whisker-like antennae, white stripe down its back and white spots on its tail
White stripes: The brilliant white colouring seen on the Pacific cleaner shrimp. (Courtesy: PilarMeca, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18884803)
Researchers in Israel have uncovered the unique optical nanostructure that gives an ocean-going scav

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