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Glass Shrimp
Palaemon affinis
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Rockpool PrawnPalaemon elegans
Common PrawnPalaemon serratus
Dock ShrimpPandalus danae
Eastern Grass ShrimpPalaemon paludosus
Oriental ShrimpPalaemon macrodactylus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| New Zealand | 302 |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 100 |
| Auckland Region | 71 |
| Northland Region | 43 |
| Canterbury Region | 24 |
| Taranaki Region | 15 |
| Waikato Region | 14 |
| Tasman Region | 9 |
| Bay of Plenty Region | 5 |
| Nelson Region | 5 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Malacostracans · Malacostraca |
| Order | Decapods · Decapoda |
| Family | palaemonid shrimps · Palaemonidae |
| Genus | Glass Shrimps · Palaemon |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Glass Shrimp with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.