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Harlequin shrimp, Hymenocera picta. Palaemonidae is a family of shrimp in the order Decapoda. Many species are carnivores that eat small invertebrates, and can be found in any aquatic habitat except the deep sea. One significant genus is Macrobrachium, which contains commercially fished species.
Common species include Pandalus borealis (the "pink shrimp"), Crangon crangon (the "brown shrimp") and the snapping shrimp of the genus Alpheus. Depending on the species and location, they grow from about 1.2 to 30 cm (0.47 to 11.81 in) long, and live between 1.0 and 6.5 years.
Rimicaris exoculata, commonly known as the 'blind shrimp', is a species of shrimp. It thrives on active hydrothermal edifices at deep-sea vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. [ 1 ] This species belongs to the Alvinocarididae family of shrimp, named after DSV Alvin, the vessel that collected the original samples described by M. L. Christoffersen in ...
Penaeidae is a family of marine crustaceans in the suborder Dendrobranchiata, which are often referred to as penaeid shrimp or penaeid prawns. The Penaeidae contain many species of economic importance, such as the tiger prawn , whiteleg shrimp , Atlantic white shrimp , and Indian prawn .
Some mysids live among algae and seagrasses, some are solitary while many form dense swarms. Mysids form an important part of the diet of such fish as shad and flounder . [ 2 ] In general, they are free-living, but a few species, mostly in the subfamily Heteromysinae , are commensal and are associated with sea anemones and hermit crabs . [ 5 ]
Tiki, a 20-year-old blind cat from New England, was rescued by Good Samaritans after floating on a piece of ice on a Massachusetts lake and falling in on Dec. 16, 2024.
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From January 2011 to March 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Dominique Senequier joined the board, and sold them when she left, you would have a -50.3 percent return on your investment, compared to a 9.3 percent return from the S&P 500.