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The whiteleg shrimp is currently the dominant species in shrimp farming. It is a moderately large shrimp reaching a total length of 230 mm (9"), and is particularly suited to farming because it "breeds well in captivity, can be stocked at small sizes, grows fast and at uniform rates, has comparatively low protein requirements... and adapts well ...
Common species include Pandalus borealis (the "pink shrimp"), Crangon crangon (the "brown shrimp") and the snapping shrimp of the genus Alpheus. Depending on the species and location, they grow from about 1.2 to 30 cm (0.47 to 11.81 in) long, and live between 1.0 and 6.5 years. [5]
Triops longicaudatus is usually greyish yellow or brown in colour, and differs from many other species by the absence of the second maxilla.Apart from Triops cancriformis, it is the only tadpole shrimp species whose individuals display as many as three reproductive strategies: bisexual, unisexual (parthenogenetic), and hermaphroditic; see below.
Palaemonetes paludosus, commonly known as ghost shrimp, glass shrimp, and eastern grass shrimp, [2] [3] is a species of freshwater shrimp from the southeastern United States. [4] They can be considered a keystone species based on the services they provide to their habitat. [2] They are also popular in the domestic aquarium business. [5]
Most snapping shrimp dig burrows and are common inhabitants of coral reefs, submerged seagrass flats, and oyster reefs. While most genera and species are found in tropical and temperate coastal and marine waters, Betaeus inhabits cold seas and Potamalpheops has a cosmopolitan distribution including being found in freshwater caves in Mexico.
Freshwater shrimp are any shrimp which live in fresh water. This includes: Any Caridea (shrimp) which live in fresh water, especially the family Atyidae; Species in the genus Macrobrachium; Macrobrachium ohione, the Ohio River shrimp; Macrobrachium carcinus, sometimes called the American giant freshwater prawn
Shrimp are also found in Latin and Caribbean dishes such as enchiladas and coconut shrimp. Other recipes include jambalaya, okonomiyaki, poon choi and bagoong. Shrimp are also consumed as salad, by frying, with rice, and as shrimp guvec (a dish baked in a clay pot) in the Western and Southern coasts of Turkey.
Mysida is an order of small, shrimp-like crustaceans in the malacostracan superorder Peracarida.Their common name opossum shrimps stems from the presence of a brood pouch or "marsupium" in females.