Biology:Palaemonetes vulgaris
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Short description: Species of crustacean
| Palaemonetes vulgaris | |
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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. vulgaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Palaemonetes vulgaris (Say, 1818) [1]
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Palaemonetes vulgaris (Say, 1818)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://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.
- ↑ 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 0-87249-535-3.
Wikidata ☰ Q3934145 entry
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