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Aristaeomorpha foliacea, the giant red shrimp or giant gamba prawn, is a species of deep water benthopelagic decapod crustacean. It is found in all the world's oceans in the temperate and tropical zones. It is subject to some commercial fishing activity in the Mediterranean Sea.
Macrobrachium carcinus is a species of fresh water shrimp known as the big claw river shrimp.It is native to streams, rivers and creeks from Florida to southern Brazil. [1] [3] It is the largest known species of Neotropical freshwater prawn, growing up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long and weighing as much as 850 grams (30 oz), [4] although even larger specimens have been reported. [5]
Gigantocypris, sometimes known as giant ostracod [1] or giant seed shrimp, [2] is a genus of ostracod crustaceans in family Cypridinidae, [3] and among the most well-known members of the class Ostracoda (together with Vargula hilgendorfii). [4]
Lysiosquillina maculata, the zebra mantis shrimp, striped mantis shrimp or razor mantis, is a species of mantis shrimp found across the Indo-Pacific region from East Africa to the Galápagos and Hawaiian Islands. [2] At a length up to 40 cm, L. maculata is the largest mantis shrimp in the world. [2]
Three different morphotypes of males exist. [13] The first stage is called "small male" (SM); this smallest stage has short, nearly translucent claws. If conditions allow, small males grow and metamorphose into "orange claws" (OC), which have large orange claws on their second chelipeds, which may have a length of 0.8 to 1.4 times their body size. [13]
Branchinecta is a genus of fairy shrimp in family Branchinectidae.It includes around 50 species, [1] [2] found on all continents except Australia. [2] Branchinecta gigas, the giant fairy shrimp, is the largest species in the order, with a length of up to 10 centimetres (4 in), [3] and Branchinecta brushi lives at the highest altitude of any crustacean, at 5,930 metres (19,460 ft), a record it ...
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Penaeus monodon, commonly known as the giant tiger prawn, [1] [2] Asian tiger shrimp, [3] [4] black tiger shrimp, [5] [6] and other names, is a marine crustacean that is widely reared for food. Tiger prawns displayed in a supermarket