Riverine Grass Shrimp Palaemon paludosus Gibbes, 1850    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Malacostraca   >   Order Decapoda   >   Family Palaemonidae   >   Genus Palaemon   

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A Riverine Grass Shrimp with eggs collected in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/18/2018). Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

A Riverine Grass Shrimp collected in Wicomico Co., Maryland (8/7/2018). Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

A Riverine Grass Shrimp in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/18/2018). Notice the short free portions of the accessory branch. This character separates the native freshwater species (e.g., P. paludosus) from the estuarine species (e.g., P. pugio). Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

Riverine Grass Shrimp in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/9/2022). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)


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