Peppermint Shrimp
Common Name: Peppermint shrimp
Scientific Name: Lysmata wurdemanni
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Other Taxonomy: Order: Decapoda Infraorder: Caridea Family: Hippolytidae Genus: Lysmata
Specimen #:11
Circumstance: Observed in lab
Specimen Condition: Specimen was alive
Location: Alfred bio tank
Typical Habitat: specimens collected at Key West, Florida and Charleston, South Carolina. Its range extends along the Atlantic seaboard of the United States from Long Island to Florida, and along the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Port Aransas, Texas. It may also occur in the northern Caribbean Sea, but this has not been confirmed.
Invasive? Not invasive
Natural area of growth: specimens collected at Key West, Florida and Charleston, South Carolina. Its range extends along the Atlantic seaboard of the United States from Long Island to Florida, and along the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Port Aransas, Texas. It may also occur in the northern Caribbean Sea, but this has not been confirmed.
Relationship with humans: used in marine aquariums as pets.
Sources:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysmata_wurdemanni
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Scientific Name: Lysmata wurdemanni
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Other Taxonomy: Order: Decapoda Infraorder: Caridea Family: Hippolytidae Genus: Lysmata
Specimen #:11
Circumstance: Observed in lab
Specimen Condition: Specimen was alive
Location: Alfred bio tank
Typical Habitat: specimens collected at Key West, Florida and Charleston, South Carolina. Its range extends along the Atlantic seaboard of the United States from Long Island to Florida, and along the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Port Aransas, Texas. It may also occur in the northern Caribbean Sea, but this has not been confirmed.
Invasive? Not invasive
Natural area of growth: specimens collected at Key West, Florida and Charleston, South Carolina. Its range extends along the Atlantic seaboard of the United States from Long Island to Florida, and along the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Port Aransas, Texas. It may also occur in the northern Caribbean Sea, but this has not been confirmed.
Relationship with humans: used in marine aquariums as pets.
Sources:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysmata_wurdemanni
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+2971+701&pcatid=701