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Palaemon paludosus lives in fresh water or slightly brackish water, usually in lakes. [3] It is nocturnal, remaining hidden among the vegetation by day, and emerging at night to feed on plankton. [6] It is an important prey item for a number of birds and fishes, [7] such as black bass, [8] and may be considered a keystone species. [9]
Feeder shrimp, ghost shrimp, glass shrimp, grass shrimp, river shrimp or feeder prawns are generic names applied to inexpensive small, typically with a length of 1 to 3 cm (0.39 to 1.18 in), semi-transparent crustaceans commonly sold and fed as live prey to larger more aggressive fishes kept in aquariums.
Lepidophthalmus turneranus (formerly Callianassa turnerana), the Cameroon ghost shrimp, is a species of "ghost shrimp" or "mud lobster" that lives off the coast of West Africa. It occasionally erupts into dense swarms, one of which resulted in the naming of the country Cameroon .
The term "cleaner shrimp" is sometimes used more specifically for the family Hippolytidae and the genus Lysmata. Cleaner shrimp are so called because they exhibit a cleaning symbiosis with client fish where the shrimp clean parasites from the fish. The fish benefit by having parasites removed from them, and the shrimp gain the nutritional value ...
On average, a reusable water bottle had 40,000 times more bacteria than a toilet seat; 14 times more than a pet water bowl; five times more than that computer mouse; and twice the bacteria of a ...
Ghost shrimp is a name applied to at least three different kinds of crustacean: Thalassinidea , crustaceans which live in deep burrows in the intertidal zone Caprellidae , amphipods with slender bodies more commonly known as "skeleton shrimps"
The exact location of the North Carolina marsh isn’t given in the popular book (now a movie), but we used a few clues to come up with our best guesses.
Cleaning your water bottle daily is a necessity, according to experts we spoke with. Though it’s unlikely someone will get a severe infection simply by drinking from a water bottle that is not ...