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Red Rock Shrimp

Lysmata californica

470 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) lransom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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.

What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 28, February 24, March 25, April 32, May 31, June 23, July 19, August 20, September 25, October 26, November 33, December 25.
United States305
California304
Mexico6
Baja California3
Sonora3
Oregon1
New Zealand1
Auckland Region1

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
FamilyLysmatidae
GenusLysmata

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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