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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.
Neotrypaea californiensis (formerly Callianassa californiensis), the Bay ghost shrimp, is a species of ghost shrimp that lives on the Pacific coast of North America. It is a pale animal which grows to a length of 11.5 cm (4.5 in). One claw is bigger than the other, especially in males, and the enlarged claw is thought to have a function in mating.
The new species lives in burrows with ghost shrimp, researchers said. Four-eyed creature — with ‘bright red’ body — found burrowed in sand. See new species
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 ...
Like all caprellid amphipods, Caprella mutica are characterized by slender bodies and elongated appendages. Their skeletal appearance gives rise to the common names of "skeleton shrimp" or "ghost shrimp", [4] and, coupled with their distinctive upright feeding posture, give them a striking resemblance to stick insects and "starved praying mantises". [5]
Fish visiting the cleaning station will remain stationary while their external parasites are removed and eaten by the shrimp, which even cleans inside the gill covers and the mouth. If a neon goby sets up a cleaning station nearby, the shrimp will clean the client fish at the same time as the goby does. [ 5 ]