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Deep Blade Shrimp

Spirontocaris prionota

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) nature_em, some rights reserved (CC BY)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 13, February 12, March 18, April 21, May 33, June 28, July 23, August 20, September 18, October 14, November 11, December 11.
Canada221
British Columbia221
United States214
Washington172
California40
Alaska9
Oregon2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyThoridae
GenusSpirontocaris

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Deep Blade Shrimp with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.