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  2. Feeder shrimp - Wikipedia

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    Feeder shrimp. 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 ...

  3. Atyoida bisulcata - Wikipedia

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    This species of freshwater shrimp grow to about 2 inches in length. [8] They don't possess any type of claws but have a unique set of pincers, containing bristle-like hairs that are primarily used to catch and filter small food particles from water columns. [8]

  4. Macrobrachium rosenbergii - Wikipedia

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    Binomial name. Macrobrachium rosenbergii. De Man, 1879. Macrobrachium rosenbergii, also known as the giant river prawn or giant freshwater prawn, is a commercially important species of palaemonid freshwater prawn. It is found throughout the tropical and subtropical areas of the Indo-Pacific region, from India to Southeast Asia and Northern ...

  5. Atya gabonensis - Wikipedia

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    Atya gabonensis. Atya gabonensis is a species of freshwater shrimp from West Africa. Note that accounts of its occurrence in South America are erroneous, and likely another species ( Atya scabra ). It is an omnivorous filter feeder that uses feather-like claspers to filter particles from the water. It can grow to 15 centimetres (6 inches).

  6. Triops longicaudatus - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Palaemon paludosus - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. List of freshwater aquarium invertebrate species - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of invertebrates, animals without a backbone, that are commonly kept in freshwater aquaria by hobby aquarists.Numerous shrimp species of various kinds, crayfish, a number of freshwater snail species, and at least one freshwater clam species are found in freshwater aquaria or '0' salinity water body.

  9. Filter feeder - Wikipedia

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    Filter feeders can play an important role in condensing biomass and removing excess nutrients (such as nitrogen and phosphate) from the local waterbody, and are therefore considered water-cleaning ecosystem engineers. They are also important in bioaccumulation and, as a result, as indicator organisms. Filter feeders can be sessile, planktonic ...

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