Eastern Grass Shrimp
Palaemon paludosus (Gibbes, 1850)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Crustacea |
| Class | Malacostraca |
| Order | Decapoda |
| Family | Palaemonidae |
| Genus | Palaemon |
| Species | Palaemon paludosus (Gibbes, 1850) |
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
Ranks looked up 2 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
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. details
- 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.
- 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. details
- 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.
This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 August 2026.
How to cite this account
Palaemon paludosus (Gibbes, 1850). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1889. https://cavebiology.org/species/palaemon-paludosus/ (accessed 22 October 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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