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P. paludosus in a freshwater aquarium. 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.
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]
Freshwater shrimp are any shrimp which live in fresh water. This includes: Any Caridea (shrimp) which live in fresh water, especially the family Atyidae; Species in the genus Macrobrachium; Macrobrachium ohione, the Ohio River shrimp; Macrobrachium carcinus, sometimes called the American giant freshwater prawn
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 ...
Triops longicaudatus (commonly called American tadpole shrimp or longtail tadpole shrimp) is a freshwater crustacean of the order Notostraca, resembling a miniature horseshoe crab. It is characterized by an elongated, segmented body, a flattened shield-like brownish carapace covering two thirds of the thorax, and two long filaments on the abdomen.
The Caridea, commonly known as caridean shrimp or true shrimp, from the Greek word καρίς, καρίδος (karís, karídos, “shrimp”), are an infraorder of shrimp within the order Decapoda. This infraorder contains all species of true shrimp. They are found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water.
Mysis is a small, transparent, shrimp-like crustacean less than 25 mm (1 in) in length.It has two pairs of relatively long antennae, associated with rounded antennal plates; large, stalked compound eyes; the thorax covered by a coat-like carapace; a muscular, cylindrical abdomen; and a tail fan featuring a telson with a V-shaped terminal cleft.
Glass shrimp are commonly used as bait by freshwater anglers, being taken with dip nets or common box net bait traps. [4] Shrimp are also used as live food for aquarium fish of sufficient size and are themselves kept as aquarium specimens either by themselves or with smaller fish.