Palaemon kadiakensis | |
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P. kadiakensis in a freshwater aquarium | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Palaemonidae |
Genus: | Palaemon |
Species: | P. kadiakensis
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Binomial name | |
Palaemon kadiakensis (Rathbun, 1902) .
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Palaemon kadiakensis, commonly known as the Mississippi grass shrimp, is a species of freshwater shrimp from the central United States, specifically the Mississippi River Basin. [2] [3]
The eggs of Palaemon kadiakensis are 1.4 mm. long or about one twenty-fifth of the adult length. [4] In laboratory settings the incubation period of Palaemon kadiakensis eggs has been observed to be 24–28 days. [4]
After hatching a P. kadiakensis will go through six distinct larval stages before reaching its final adult form. [5] Among larvae reared in experiments, the duration of larval life was 16 to 24 days and the average length of larval life was 19.64 days. [5] In laboratory settings the larvae are fed Artemia salina Nauplius [4] or 100-500 micron sized commercial feed.