Palaemon pugio explained

Palaemon pugio, commonly known as daggerblade grass shrimp, is a small, transparent species of shrimp with yellow coloring and brownish spots.^[1] It can be found in estuarine and tidal marsh habitats throughout the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Palaemon pugio has a smooth carapace and abdomen, as well as three pairs of legs. The second pair is the strongest, while the third pair lacks chelae (claws). It reaches a length of around 5cm (02inches), and has a life span of around one year. Like most grass shrimp, it is a forager and feeds on a variety of items, including microalgae. They themselves are consumed by killifish and other small foraging fish.^[2]

Further reading

• Georgiandra Little . 1968 . Induced winter breeding and larval development in the shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio Holthuis (Caridea, Palaemonidae) . . Supplement 2 . 19–26 . 25027384.
• A. C. Broad . 1957 . Larval development of Palaemonetes pugio Holthuis . . 112 . 2 . 144–161 . 1539193 .
• Sue A. Chaplin-Ebanks & Mary C. Curran . 2005 . The effect of the parasitic isopod, Probopyrus pandalicola (Packard, 1879), on tidal activity patterns of the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio Holthuis, 1949 . . 78 . 9 . 1053–1061 . 20107579 . 10.1163/156854005775360990.

External links

• Daggerblade Grass Shrimp

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Palaemon pugio (Holthuis, 1949) . 2023-06-17 . www.marinespecies.org.
2. . 1949 . Note on the species of Palaemonetes (Crustacea Decapoda) found in the United States of America . Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen . 52 . 87–95 . PDF.