Biology:Palaemonetes pugio
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Short description: Species of crustacean
| Palaemonetes pugio | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Palaemonetes |
| Species: | P. pugio
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| Binomial name | |
| Palaemonetes pugio Holthuis, 1949
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Palaemonetes pugio (daggerblade grass shrimp) is a small, transparent shrimp with yellow coloring and brownish spots. It can be found in estuarine and tidal marsh habitats throughout the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Palaemonetes pugio has a smooth carapace and abdomen, as well as three pairs of legs. The second pair is the strongest, while the third pair lacks chelae (claws). It reaches a length of around 5 cm (2.0 in), and has a life span of around one year. Like most grass shrimp, it is a forager and feeds on a variety of items, including microalgae. They themselves are consumed by killifish and other small foraging fish.[1]
References
- ↑ Lipke B. Holthuis (1949). "Note on the species of Palaemonetes (Crustacea Decapoda) found in the United States of America" (PDF). Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen 52: 87–95. http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/25755/25755.pdf.
Further reading
- Georgiandra Little (1968). "Induced winter breeding and larval development in the shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio Holthuis (Caridea, Palaemonidae)". Crustaceana Supplement 2: 19–26.
- A. C. Broad (1957). "Larval development of Palaemonetes pugio Holthuis". The Biological Bulletin 112 (2): 144–161. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1558991#page/162/mode/1up.
- Sue A. Chaplin-Ebanks & Mary C. Curran (2005). "The effect of the parasitic isopod, Probopyrus pandalicola (Packard, 1879), on tidal activity patterns of the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio Holthuis, 1949". Crustaceana 78 (9): 1053–1061. doi:10.1163/156854005775360990.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4474766 entry
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