Palaemon antrorum explained

Palaemon antrorum, also known as the Balcones cave shrimp and the Texas cave shrimp, is a species of palaemonid shrimp endemic to Texas.^[1] It is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List, and as a Species of Concern by the United States Endangered Species Act.

The species' type locality is an artesian well on what is now the campus of Texas State University–San Marcos in San Marcos, Texas.^[2] It has also been reported from Edwards Aquifer west to Uvalde County.^[2]

See also

• Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
• Edwards Plateau

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Palaemon antrorum (Benedict, 1896) . 2023-06-17 . www.marinespecies.org.
2. James Thomas Collins . 1998 . A phylogenetic study of the shrimp genus Palaemonetes Heller, 1869 from North America (Crustacea: Decapoda) . . . 2010-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720071438/http://etd.lib.ttu.edu/theses/available/etd-09262008-31295013264949/unrestricted/31295013264949.pdf . 2011-07-20 . dead .