- Palaemonetes vulgaris
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Palaemonetes vulgaris Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Infraorder: Caridea Family: Palaemonidae Genus: Palaemonetes Species: P. vulgaris Binomial name Palaemonetes vulgaris
(Say, 1818) [1]Synonyms [1] - Palaemon vulgaris Say, 1818
- Palaemonetes carolinus Stimpson, 1871
- Palaemon carolinus (Stimpson, 1871)
- Palaeomonopsis carolinus (Stimpson, 1871)
Palaemonetes vulgaris, variously known as the common American prawn, common grass shrimp, marsh grass shrimp or marsh shrimp,[1] is a common species of shrimp in the western Atlantic Ocean from Cape Cod Bay to the Gulf of Mexico.[2] Adults grow to less than 5 cm (2.0 in) long, and are transparent except for some orange pigmentation on the eyestalks.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Palaemonetes vulgaris (Say, 1818)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=96391.
- ^ Ritindra N. Khan, Henry C. Merchant & Robert E. Knowlton (1997). "Effects of macrophytic cover on the distribution of grass shrimps, Palaemonetes pugio and P. vulgaris". Invertebrate Biology 116 (3): 243–247. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3226900.
- ^ Edward E. Ruppert & Richard S. Fox (1988). Seashore animals of the Southeast: a guide to common shallow-water invertebrates of the southeastern Atlantic Coast. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 0872495353.
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