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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. varians
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Binomial name | |
Palaemon varians
Leach, 1814
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Palaemon varians, known as the Atlantic ditch shrimp [2] and variable shrimp, [3] is a caridean shrimp [1] [3] found from the Baltic Sea and the British Isles to the western Mediterranean Sea. [4] It reaches up to 5 cm (2.0 in) in length and is never found in fully marine conditions, instead living in brackish water. [4]
Sold by aquarium retailers as grass shrimp, they have a high tolerance of varying salinity [5] and temperature levels ranging from 1 °C to 30 °C for prolonged periods of time. [3] They will feed on any leftover fish food, algae or plant life and are generally peaceful by nature when mixed with similar sized aquarium life.
Palaemon varians | |
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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. varians
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Binomial name | |
Palaemon varians
Leach, 1814
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Palaemon varians, known as the Atlantic ditch shrimp [2] and variable shrimp, [3] is a caridean shrimp [1] [3] found from the Baltic Sea and the British Isles to the western Mediterranean Sea. [4] It reaches up to 5 cm (2.0 in) in length and is never found in fully marine conditions, instead living in brackish water. [4]
Sold by aquarium retailers as grass shrimp, they have a high tolerance of varying salinity [5] and temperature levels ranging from 1 °C to 30 °C for prolonged periods of time. [3] They will feed on any leftover fish food, algae or plant life and are generally peaceful by nature when mixed with similar sized aquarium life.