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common American prawn

Palaemon vulgaris

Classification

Palaemon 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 to less than 5 cm (2. 0 in) long, and are transparent except for some orange pigmentation on the eyestalks.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 49Canada · 5