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Ancylomenes magnificus, also known as the magnificent anemone shrimp, [2] is a species of cleaner shrimp common to the Western Pacific Ocean at depths of 3–29 metres (10–95 ft). [3] They are commonly found on stony coral , Catalaphyllia and the sea anemone , Dofleinia armata .
Palaemonetes paludosus, commonly known as ghost shrimp, glass shrimp, and eastern grass shrimp, [2] [3] is a species of freshwater shrimp from the southeastern United States. [4] They can be considered a keystone species based on the services they provide to their habitat. [2] They are also popular in the domestic aquarium business. [5]
Thor amboinensis, commonly known as the squat anenome shrimp or sexy shrimp, [2] is a species of shrimp found across the Indo-West Pacific and in parts of the Atlantic Ocean. It lives symbiotically on corals , sea anemones and other marine invertebrates in shallow reef communities .
Diagram of Litopenaeus setiferus. Litopenaeus setiferus (also accepted: Penaeus setiferus, [1] and known by various common names including Atlantic white shrimp, white shrimp, gray shrimp, lake shrimp, green shrimp, green-tailed shrimp, blue-tailed shrimp, rainbow shrimp, Daytona shrimp, Mayport Shrimp, common shrimp, southern shrimp, and, in Mexico, camaron blanco) is a species of prawn found ...
The other three superfamilies also live in freshwater (Darwinuloidea is exclusively non-marine). [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Of these three, only Cypridoidea have freshwater species able to swim. [ 37 ] Representatives living in terrestrial habitats are also found in all three freshwater groups, [ 38 ] such as genus Mesocypris which is known from ...
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 ...
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.
Like other Macrobrachium species, the Ohio shrimp is amphidromous. The larvae must live in saltwater and move to fresh water as adults. This is accomplished by having the larvae drift, free-floating, down the river until they reach water where the salinity is high enough to support them. Females carrying eggs may also migrate downstream before ...