Small rock shrimp
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Small rock shrimp ( Palaemon elegans ) |
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The small rock shrimp ( Palaemon elegans ) is a species of shrimp from the genus of rock shrimp ( Palaemon ) within the family of rock and partner shrimp (Palaemonidae).
features
The small rock shrimp reaches a length of 63 millimeters. The fairly straight rostrum has up to 9 dorsal teeth. Of these, 2 or 3 sit behind the eye sockets. The Peraeopod 2 is powerful. The dactylus is a third as long as the propodus .
Occurrence
The species occurs from the Baltic Sea and southwest Norway to the Azores , the Mediterranean and the Black Sea . It inhabits the tidal coast along rocky coasts, but is also rarely found in the sublittoral .
literature
- Peter Hayward, Tony Nelson-Smith, Chris Shields: The New Cosmos Beach Guide . Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-440-10782-9 , p. 146.
Web links
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