Palaemonetes

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Palaemonetes
Common ditch shrimp Palaemonetes varians
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Palaemonetes
Heller, 1869
Type species
Palaemonetes varians
Leach, 1814 [1]

The genus Palaemonetes includes a geographically diverse group of fresh and brackish-water shrimp. It includes the following species:[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ned E. Strenth (1976). "A review of the systematics and zoogeography of the freshwater species of Palaemonetes Heller of North America (Crustacea, Decapoda)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 228: 1–27. hdl:10088/5568. 
  2. ^ Charles Fransen, Sammy De Grave & Michael Türkay (2011). "Palaemonetes Heller, 1869". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107034. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 


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