Palaemonetes

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]

  • Palaemonetes africanus Balss, 1916
  • Palaemonetes antennarius (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)
  • Palaemonetes antrorum Benedict, 1896
  • Palaemonetes argentinus Nobili, 1901
  • Palaemonetes atrinubes Bray, 1976
  • Palaemonetes australis Dakin, 1915
  • Palaemonetes camranhi Nguyên, 1997
  • Palaemonetes carteri Gordon, 1935
  • Palaemonetes cummingi Chace, 1954
  • Palaemonetes hiltoni Schmitt, 1921
  • Palaemonetes hobbsi Strenth, 1994
  • Palaemonetes intermedius Holthuis, 1949
  • Palaemonetes ivonicus Holthuis, 1950
  • Palaemonetes kadiakensis Rathbun, 1902
  • Palaemonetes karukera Carvacho, 1979
  • Palaemonetes lindsayi Villalobos Figueroa & H. H. Hobbs Jr., 1974
  • Palaemonetes mercedae S. Pereira, 1986
  • Palaemonetes mesogenitor Sollaud, 1912
  • Palaemonetes mesopotamicus Pesta, 1913
  • Palaemonetes mexicanus Strenth, 1976
  • Palaemonetes octaviae Chace, 1972
  • Palaemonetes paludosus (Gibbes, 1850)
  • Palaemonetes pugio Holthuis, 1949
  • Palaemonetes schmitti Holthuis, 1950
  • Palaemonetes sinensis (Sollaud, 1911)
  • Palaemonetes suttkusi Smalley, 1964
  • Palaemonetes texanus Strenth, 1976
  • Palaemonetes tonkinensis
  • Palaemonetes turcorum Holthuis, 1961
  • Palaemonetes varians (Leach, 1813)
  • Palaemonetes vulgaris (Say, 1818)
  • Palaemonetes zariquieyi Sollaud, 1938

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.