Cleaner Shrimp with Spots

[slender]

My cleaner shrimp has some black spots/marks on it's body. Any idea what this could be. She has had them for about a week and a half. She has been acting completely normal.

 

[fmarini]

Hi:
can you give us a better description. Are you sure these are not its current markings, or some discoloration?
Do they look like wounds on the exoskeleton?
thanks
frank

 

[beanejar]

I've seen these spots on my cleaners, too. Not too sure what they are. They don't seem to impact them in the least. They don't "break open" like you'd expect with an egg sac (e.g., parasite larvae, etc.) They're just there. They go away with the next molting. I've got one cleaner that gets them about every three or four moltings. I've had that one for a few years now.
Have fun,
Jaret

 

[barracuda]

I had the same black dots on mine and they gone with a molting.
Don't worry! Good luck.

 

[slender]

Mine molted and the spots are gone. Good to know other people have the same thing happen with what seem to be healthy shrimp.