''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of

caridean shrimp The Caridea, commonly known as caridean shrimp or true shrimp, are an infraorder of shrimp within the order Decapoda. This infraorder contains all species of true shrimp. They are found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Many ...

comprising a geographically diverse group of

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brackish Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuari ...

and

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crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' included the following species: *''

Palaemonetes africanus ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' in ...

'' Balss, 1916 *''

Palaemonetes antennarius ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' in ...

'' (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) *'' Palaemonetes antrorum'' Benedict, 1896 *''

Palaemonetes argentinus ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' in ...

'' Nobili, 1901 *''

Palaemonetes atrinubes ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' in ...

'' Bray, 1976 *''

Palaemonetes australis ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' in ...

'' Dakin, 1915 *''

Palaemonetes camranhi ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' in ...

'' Nguyên, 1997 *''

Palaemonetes carteri ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' incl ...

'' Gordon, 1935 *'' Palaemonetes cummingi'' Chace, 1954 *''

Palaemonetes hiltoni ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' in ...

'' Schmitt, 1921 *''

Palaemonetes hobbsi ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' in ...

'' Strenth, 1994 *''

Palaemonetes intermedius ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' incl ...

'' Holthuis, 1949 *''

Palaemonetes ivonicus ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' incl ...

'' Holthuis, 1950 *''

Palaemonetes kadiakensis Palaemonetes kadiakensis, the Mississippi grass shrimp, is a species of freshwater shrimp from the Central United States, specifically the Mississippi River Basin Early Development The eggs of Palaemonetes kadiakensis are 1.4 mm. long or ...

'' Rathbun, 1902 *''

Palaemonetes karukera ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' incl ...

'' Carvacho, 1979 *''

Palaemonetes lindsayi ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' incl ...

'' Villalobos Figueroa & H. H. Hobbs Jr., 1974 *''

Palaemonetes mercedae ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' incl ...

'' S. Pereira, 1986 *''

Palaemonetes mesogenitor ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' incl ...

'' Sollaud, 1912 *''

Palaemonetes mesopotamicus ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' incl ...

'' Pesta, 1913 *''

Palaemonetes mexicanus ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' incl ...

'' Strenth, 1976 *''

Palaemonetes octaviae ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans. Conventionally, ''Palaemonetes'' incl ...

'' Chace, 1972 *''

Palaemonetes paludosus ''Palaemonetes paludosus'', known as ghost shrimp, glass shrimp, and eastern grass shrimp, is a species of freshwater shrimp from the southeastern United States. Description ''Palaemonetes paludosus'' is up to long and largely transparent. By ...

'' (Gibbes, 1850) *''

Palaemonetes pugio ''Palaemonetes pugio'' (daggerblade grass shrimp) is a small, transparent shrimp with yellow coloring and brownish spots. It can be found in estuarine and tidal marsh habitats throughout the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. ''Palaem ...

'' Holthuis, 1949 *'' Palaemonetes schmitti'' Holthuis, 1950 *''

Palaemonetes sinensis ''Palaemonetes'', its common names include glass shrimp, ghost shrimp, feeder shrimp, is a genus of Caridea, caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and Marine biology, marine crustaceans. Conventionall ...

'' (Sollaud, 1911) *'' Palaemonetes suttkusi'' Smalley, 1964 *'' Palaemonetes texanus'' Strenth, 1976 *'' Palaemonetes tonkinensis'' *'' Palaemonetes turcorum'' Holthuis, 1961 *''

Palaemonetes vulgaris ''Palaemonetes vulgaris'', variously known as the common American prawn, common grass shrimp, marsh grass shrimp or marsh shrimp, is a common species of shrimp in the western Atlantic Ocean from Cape Cod Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. Adults grow t ...

'' (Say, 1818) *'' Palaemonetes zariquieyi'' Sollaud, 1938

Molecular data In genetics and biochemistry, sequencing means to determine the primary structure (sometimes incorrectly called the primary sequence) of an unbranched biopolymer. Sequencing results in a symbolic linear depiction known as a sequence which succi ...

suggest however that ''Palaemonetes'' is not

phylogenetically In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...

distinct from the genus '' Palaemon''. Phylogenetically species of ''Palaemonetes'', as well as those in the genera ''Exopalaemon'' and ''Couteriella'', are nested within '' Palaemon''. Phylogenetic affinities in these groups correspond better with geographical origin than conventional genus assignments. ''Palaemonetes'' has therefore been synonymised with ''Palaemon''.De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.; Türkay, M. (2016)
''Palaemonetes'' Heller, 1869.
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107034 on 2017-08-06

References

External links

Glass Shrimp (Palaemonetes atrinubes) on Youtube
Palaemonidae Decapod genera {{Caridea-stub