Palaemonetes vulgaris

Palaemonetes vulgaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Palaemonidae
Genus:	Palaemonetes
Species:	P. vulgaris
Binomial name
	Palaemonetes vulgaris; (Say, 1818) [1]
Synonyms [1]
	Palaemon vulgaris Say, 1818; Palaemonetes carolinus Stimpson, 1871; Palaemon carolinus (Stimpson, 1871); Palaeomonopsis carolinus (Stimpson, 1871);

Palaemonetes vulgaris, variously known as the common American prawn, common grass shrimp, marsh grass shrimp or marsh shrimp,[1] is a common species of shrimp in the western Atlantic Ocean from Cape Cod Bay to the Gulf of Mexico.[2] Adults grow to less than 5 cm (2.0 in) long, and are transparent except for some orange pigmentation on the eyestalks.[3]

References

"Palaemonetes vulgaris (Say, 1818)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Ritindra N. Khan; Henry C. Merchant & Robert E. Knowlton (1997). "Effects of macrophytic cover on the distribution of grass shrimps, Palaemonetes pugio and P. vulgaris". Invertebrate Biology. 116 (3): 243–247. JSTOR 3226900.
Edward E. Ruppert & Richard S. Fox (1988). Seashore animals of the Southeast: a guide to common shallow-water invertebrates of the southeastern Atlantic Coast. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 0-87249-535-3.

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[ITIS-1] "Palaemonetes vulgaris (Say, 1818)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

[2] Ritindra N. Khan; Henry C. Merchant & Robert E. Knowlton (1997). "Effects of macrophytic cover on the distribution of grass shrimps, Palaemonetes pugio and P. vulgaris". Invertebrate Biology. 116 (3): 243–247. JSTOR 3226900.

[3] Edward E. Ruppert & Richard S. Fox (1988). Seashore animals of the Southeast: a guide to common shallow-water invertebrates of the southeastern Atlantic Coast. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 0-87249-535-3.