Eastern Grass Shrimp
Palaemon paludosus (Gibbes, 1850)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Stygoxene

Realm

Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Known from seven counties in Florida.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Florida

Counties

Florida

Columbia, Gilchrist, Hernando, Jackson, Leon, Marion, Wakulla

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

National ranks

United States

N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Louisiana

SNR Unranked

Arizona

SNA Not Applicable

Colorado

SNA Not Applicable

Texas

SNR Unranked

New Jersey

SNR Unranked

California

SNA Not Applicable

Oklahoma

SNR Unranked

Mississippi

SNR Unranked

Florida

SNR Unranked

South Carolina

S4 Apparently Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
• Hobbs, H.H. Jr. & Means, D.B. 1972. Two new troglobitic crayfishes (Decapoda, Astacidae) from Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 84: 393–410. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34563471.
• Hobbs, H.H. Jr., Hobbs, H.H. III & Daniel, M.A. 1977. A review of the troglobitic decapod crustaceans of the Americas. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 244: 1–183.
• Morris, T.L. 2006. A biological inventory of aquifer caves in Florida with special emphasis on troglobitic crustaceans and salamanders. Final report S0057 to Florida Department of Environmental Regulation. Karst Environmental Services, Inc., High Springs, Florida, USA. 44 pp.

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