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{{Short description|Species of crustacean}}
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| name = ''Halocaridina rubra''
| image = Halocaridina Rubra shrimp with exoskeleton.jpg
| image = Halocaridina Rubra shrimp with exoskeleton.jpg
| image_caption= Ovigerous ''{{lang|haw|{{okina}}ōpae{{okina}}ula}}''
| image_caption= Ovigerous ''{{lang|haw|{{okina}}ōpae{{okina}}ula}}''
| taxon = Halocaridina rubra
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| authority = [[Lipke Holthuis|Holthuis]], 1963
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| subphylum = [[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
| classis = [[Malacostraca]]
| ordo = [[Decapoda]]
| infraordo = [[Caridea]]
| familia = [[Atyidae]]
| genus = ''[[Halocaridina]]''
| species = '''''H. rubra'''''
| binomial = ''Halocaridina rubra''
| binomial_authority = [[Lipke Holthuis|Holthuis]], 1963
}}
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==Aquaria==
==Aquaria==
Recent popularity of {{lang|haw|{{okina}}ōpae{{okina}}ula}} as a low-maintenance pet in Hawai{{okina}}i and elsewhere has brought this otherwise obscure decapod crustacean into popular consciousness. A long-lived species, {{lang|haw|{{okina}}ōpae{{okina}}ula}} have been known to live for as long as 20 years in captivity. Sexes are difficult to distinguish, but [[gravid]] females carry clusters of red/maroon eggs under their pleopods, and early larvae are [[plankton]]ic filter-feeders.
Recent popularity of {{lang|haw|{{okina}}ōpae{{okina}}ula}} as a low-maintenance pet in Hawai{{okina}}i and elsewhere has brought this otherwise obscure decapod crustacean into popular consciousness. A long-lived species, {{lang|haw|{{okina}}ōpae{{okina}}ula}} have been known to live for as long as 20 years in captivity. Sexes are difficult to distinguish, except when [[gravid]] females carry clusters of red/maroon eggs under their pleopods. Early larvae are [[plankton]]ic filter-feeders.


They occasionally molt their shells, which can be seen as silvery exoskeletons at the bottom of the tank. There may be some evidence that {{lang|haw|{{okina}}ōpae{{okina}}ula}} mate after molting, or that molting and mating may be related.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = The Amazing Creature!|url = http://www.fukubonsai.com/M-L2a.html|website = www.fukubonsai.com|accessdate = 2015-12-16}}</ref>
They occasionally molt their shells, which can be seen as silvery exoskeletons at the bottom of the tank. There may be some evidence that {{lang|haw|{{okina}}ōpae{{okina}}ula}} mate after molting, or that molting and mating may be related.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = The Amazing Creature!|url = http://www.fukubonsai.com/M-L2a.html|website = www.fukubonsai.com|accessdate = 2015-12-16}}</ref>


Stressed ʻōpaeʻula tend to hide, though if given plenty of places to hide they are more likely to venture into open spaces.<ref name=":0" /> {{lang|haw|{{okina}}Ōpae{{okina}}ula}} are social creatures and are rarely seen fighting, in fact when unstressed they often cluster together while eating or sunbathing. Shrimp in tanks can also be seen cleaning themselves or swimming slow laps.
Stressed ʻōpaeʻula tend to hide, though if given plenty of places to hide they are more likely to venture into open spaces.<ref name=":0" /> {{lang|haw|{{okina}}Ōpae{{okina}}ula}} are social creatures and are rarely seen fighting, in fact when unstressed they often cluster together while eating or sunbathing. Shrimp in tanks can also be seen cleaning themselves or swimming slow laps.

The shrimp was the animal featured in the [[Ecosphere (aquarium)|Ecosphere]] closed-system aquarium.


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|[[File:Halocaridina Rubra Shrimp.jpg|thumb|Halocaridina Rubra (also ʻōpaeʻula, which means "red shrimp") is a tiny shrimp from Hawaii. They are often sold as pets in mini aquariums because they are hardy and easy to care for.]]
|[[File:Halocaridina Rubra Shrimp.jpg|thumb|Halocaridina rubra kept as a pet in an [[Ecosphere (aquarium)|EcoSphere]] aquarium]]
| [[File:Halocaridina Rubra shrimp with exoskeleton.jpg|thumb|Halocaridina Rubra shrimp on the left, and part of a silvery exoskeleton on the right.]]
| [[File:Halocaridina Rubra shrimp with exoskeleton.jpg|thumb|''Halocaridina rubra'' shrimp (left) and part of an exoskeleton]]
|[[File:Halocaridina rubra-Opae ula.jpg|thumb|Halocardina rubra shrimp carrying eggs.]]
|[[File:Halocaridina rubra-Opae ula.jpg|thumb|''Halocaridina rubra'' shrimp carrying eggs]]
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
{{Commons category|Halocaridina rubra}}
{{Commons category|Halocaridina rubra}}
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*{{cite journal |author=Scott R. Santos |year=2006 |title=Patterns of genetic connectivity among anchialine habitats: a case study of the endemic Hawaiian shrimp ''Halocaridina rubra'' on the island of Hawaii |journal=[[Molecular Ecology (journal)|Molecular Ecology]] |volume=15 |issue=10 |pages=2699–2718 |url=http://www.auburn.edu/~santosr/pdf/Santos2006MolEcol.pdf |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]] |doi=10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02965.x |pmid=16911195}}
*{{cite journal |author=Scott R. Santos |year=2006 |title=Patterns of genetic connectivity among anchialine habitats: a case study of the endemic Hawaiian shrimp ''Halocaridina rubra'' on the island of Hawaii |journal=[[Molecular Ecology (journal)|Molecular Ecology]] |volume=15 |issue=10 |pages=2699–2718 |url=http://www.auburn.edu/~santosr/pdf/Santos2006MolEcol.pdf |doi=10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02965.x |pmid=16911195|s2cid=25660112 }}
*{{cite journal |author=Jennifer L. Ivey & Scott R. Santos |year=2007 |title=The complete mitochondrial genome of the Hawaiian anchialine shrimp ''Halocaridina rubra'' Holthuis, 1963 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) |journal=[[Gene (journal)|Gene]] |volume=394 |issue=1-2 |pages=35–44 |pmid=17317038 |doi=10.1016/j.gene.2007.01.009}}
*{{cite journal |author=Jennifer L. Ivey & Scott R. Santos |year=2007 |title=The complete mitochondrial genome of the Hawaiian anchialine shrimp ''Halocaridina rubra'' Holthuis, 1963 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) |journal=[[Gene (journal)|Gene]] |volume=394 |issue=1–2 |pages=35–44 |pmid=17317038 |doi=10.1016/j.gene.2007.01.009}}
{{refend}}
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[[Category:Atyidae]]
[[Category:Atyidae]]
[[Category:Crustaceans of Hawaii]]
[[Category:Crustaceans of Hawaii]]
[[Category:Indo-Pacific crustaceans]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of Hawaii]]
[[Category:Animals described in 1963]]
[[Category:Crustaceans described in 1963]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Lipke Holthuis]]

Latest revision as of 21:37, 5 October 2023

Halocaridina rubra
Ovigerous ʻōpaeʻula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Atyidae
Genus: Halocaridina
Species:
H. rubra
Binomial name
Halocaridina rubra
Holthuis, 1963

Halocaridina rubra, the Hawaiian red shrimp or volcano shrimp is a small red shrimp of the family Atyidae, with the common Hawaiian name ʻōpaeʻula (meaning "red shrimp").[1]

Description and distribution[edit]

It is a small red shrimp, rarely longer than 1.5 cm (0.6 in) in length, typically found in brackish water pools near the sea shore, sometimes in large numbers. Such pools are referred to as anchialine pools (from the Greek anchialos = near the sea). Halocaridina rubra is endemic to the Hawaiian islands, and most commonly found in anchialine pools in fresh lava substrates on Hawaiʻi and Maui Island; it has also been found in limestone karst pools and hypogeal habitats in limestone on older islands, such as Oʻahu. Its habitat is unique and sparsely represented on five of the eight high Hawaiian Islands (Maui, Kahoʻolawe, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi).[1]

Ecology[edit]

ʻŌpaeʻula are herbivorous and detritivorous shrimp occupying both hypogeal (subterranean) and epigeal (surface) anchialine waters. Typical food of ʻōpaeʻula is algal and bacterial mats on the surface of rocks and other substrates in anchialine pools. Chelipeds are adapted for scraping and filtering of algal-bacterial layers.[1] Serrated setae scrape the substrate surface, and filamentous setae collect the loosened food materials. The latter can also act as filters for filter feeding during phytoplankton blooms.[1] The grazing activity of this shrimp is essential in maintaining the integrity of the crust, an actively growing matrix of plants, bacteria, diatoms, protozoans, and underlying siliceous and carbonate materials. Halocaridina is well adapted to the epigeal-hypogeal habitat in the pools. It reproduces in the subterranean portion of the habitat.[1]

Aquaria[edit]

Recent popularity of ʻōpaeʻula as a low-maintenance pet in Hawaiʻi and elsewhere has brought this otherwise obscure decapod crustacean into popular consciousness. A long-lived species, ʻōpaeʻula have been known to live for as long as 20 years in captivity. Sexes are difficult to distinguish, except when gravid females carry clusters of red/maroon eggs under their pleopods. Early larvae are planktonic filter-feeders.

They occasionally molt their shells, which can be seen as silvery exoskeletons at the bottom of the tank. There may be some evidence that ʻōpaeʻula mate after molting, or that molting and mating may be related.[2]

Stressed ʻōpaeʻula tend to hide, though if given plenty of places to hide they are more likely to venture into open spaces.[2] ʻŌpaeʻula are social creatures and are rarely seen fighting, in fact when unstressed they often cluster together while eating or sunbathing. Shrimp in tanks can also be seen cleaning themselves or swimming slow laps.

The shrimp was the animal featured in the Ecosphere closed-system aquarium.

Halocaridina rubra kept as a pet in an EcoSphere aquarium
Halocaridina rubra shrimp (left) and part of an exoskeleton
Halocaridina rubra shrimp carrying eggs

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Julie H. Bailey-Brock & Richard E. Brock (1993). "Feeding, reproduction, and sense organs of the Hawaiian anchialine shrimp Halocaridina rubra (Atyidae)". Pacific Science. 47 (4): 338–355. hdl:10125/2024.
  2. ^ a b "The Amazing Creature!". www.fukubonsai.com. Retrieved 2015-12-16.

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