Biology:Palaemonetes antrorum

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Palaemonetes antrorum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Palaemonetes
Species:
P. antrorum
Binomial name
Palaemonetes antrorum
J. E. Benedict, 1896

Palaemonetes antrorum, also known as the Balcones cave shrimp and the Texas cave shrimp, is a species of palaemonid shrimp endemic to Texas .[2] It is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List,[1] and as a Species of Concern by the United States Endangered Species Act.[2]

The species' type locality is an artesian well on what is now the campus of Texas State University–San Marcos in San Marcos, Texas.[3] It has also been reported from Edwards Aquifer west to Uvalde County.[3]

See also

  • Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
  • Edwards Plateau

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 De Grave, S.; Rogers, C. (2013). "Palaemonetes antrorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T15885A788902. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T15885A788902.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15885/788902. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Texas cave shrimp (Palaemonetes antrorum) species profile". Environmental Conservation Online System. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. October 19, 2010. http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=K01M. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 James Thomas Collins (1998). A phylogenetic study of the shrimp genus Palaemonetes Heller, 1869 from North America (Crustacea: Decapoda) (PDF) (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). Texas Tech University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-10-19.

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