Marine Shrimp
32 entries in the Marine Shrimp compendium.
CarideaTrue shrimp found worldwide in fresh and salt water.AcanthephyraA deep-sea shrimp genus spanning surface to abyssal depths.AlvinocarididaeDeep-sea shrimp family from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps.AmphionidesA tiny shrimp long mistaken for its own order.Crangon crangonA commercially important caridean shrimp of the northeastern Atlantic.LeptochelaA genus of small, shallow-water shrimp with Lessepsian migrants.MirocarisA hydrothermal vent shrimp genus with two species in different oceans.NematocarcinusDeep-sea spider shrimp with elongate legs and mud shoes.PandalusA genus of cold-water prawns with protandric hermaphroditism and commercial importance.Pandalus montaguiA cold-water shrimp, type species of Pandalus, fished in northern waters.Pandalus platycerosA large, protandric hermaphrodite shrimp of the northern Pacific.PasiphaeaA widespread genus of deep-sea shrimp including the fished Japanese glass shrimp.Processa edulisNocturnal caridean shrimp that changes color and inhabits seagrass beds.PsalidopodidaeA shrimp family with its own superfamily, comprising three deep-sea species.PsalidopodoideaA superfamily of shrimp with three deep-sea species.PsalidopusA shrimp genus with its own family and superfamily.Psalidopus barbouriWestern Atlantic deep-sea shrimp on muddy slopes at 400–800 m.Psalidopus huxleyiA deep-sea shrimp found across the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.Psalidopus tosaensisDeepest and coldest-dwelling species of the genus Psalidopus.Rhynchocinetes uritaiA hardy, non-aggressive saltwater shrimp common in aquariums.RhynchocinetidaeSmall reclusive shrimp with a movable beak-like rostrum.Rimicaris exoculataBlind shrimp thriving on deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.Rimicaris kaireiHydrothermal vent shrimp with chemosynthetic symbionts and color morphs.PalaemonidaeA diverse shrimp family found in all aquatic habitats except the deep sea.Ascidonia flavomaculataA translucent endosymbiotic shrimp with yellow spots and green organs.MacrobrachiumA genus of freshwater prawns with enlarged second pereiopods.Macrobrachium australienseA widespread Australian freshwater and estuarine prawn.Macrobrachium grandimanusEndemic Hawaiian shrimp with asymmetric claws and amphidromous life cycle.Macrobrachium nobiliiFreshwater shrimp known as stone prawn, with elongated second chelae.Macrobrachium ohioneBest-known North American freshwater shrimp, used as catfish bait.Macrobrachium rosenbergiiA giant freshwater prawn native to the Indo-Pacific region.Palaemon adspersusBaltic prawn, fished in Denmark, lives in eelgrass beds.
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