Palaemon floridanus
| Palaemon floridanus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Palaemon |
| Species: | P. floridanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Palaemon floridanus Chace, 1942 | |
Palaemon floridanus, known as the Florida grass shrimp[1], is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae.[2][3]
Distribution and habitat
P. floridanus is found around the state of Florida and the Caribbean Sea. Within this range, the shrimp inhabits a wide range of intertidal and subtidal environments, including rocky tidal pools, mangrove swamps, coral terraces, and man-made jetties and wharfs.[4]
References
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Palaemon floridanus Chace, 1942". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-08-22.
- ↑ Baeza, Juan Antonio (7 June 2013). "Phylogeography of the shrimp Palaemon floridanus (Crustacea: Caridea: Palaemonidae): a partial test of meta-population genetic structure in the wider Caribbean". Marine Ecology. 34 (4).
- ↑ De Grave, Sammy. "Palaemon floridanus Chace, 1942". WoRMS. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ↑ Baeza, Juan Antonio; Fuentes, Maria Soledad (2013). "Phylogeography of the shrimp Palaemon floridanus (Crustacea: Caridea: Palaemonidae): a partial test of meta-population genetic structure in the wider Caribbean". Marine Ecology. 34 (4): 381–393. doi:10.1111/maec.12038. ISSN 1439-0485.