Paracrangon echinata Horned shrimp

Paracrangon echinatais commonly referred to as Horned shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Alexander Semenov, Russland

Paracrangon echinata, 2012

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AphiaID:: 515591

Scientific:: Paracrangon echinata
German:: Gehörnte Garnele
English:: Horned Shrimp

Category:: Shrimps

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Crangonidae (Family) > Paracrangon (Genus) > echinata (Species)
Initial determination:: Dana, 1852

Occurrence:: Alaska (Western Atlantic), Bering Sea, Canada , Japan
Sea depth:: 7 - 201 Meter
Size:: 2.36" - 2.76" (6cm - 7cm)
Food:: Carnivore, Crustaceans, Worms
Difficulty:: Cold water animal
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Paracrangon echinata
Gehörnte Garnele

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2019-02-09 19:44:27
Last edit:: 2019-08-27 17:06:24

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Paracrangon echinata Dana, 1852

Prey items include gammarid amphipods, shrimp, and polychaetes. Small prey are consumed whole. Large prey are first repeatedly speared with the sharp spine, then eaten headfirst.

Similar in apearance to Lebbeus groenlandicus.

Synonymised names:
Paracrangon echinatus Dana, 1852

External links

inverts.wallawalla.edu (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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