| Palaemon kadiakensis | |
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| P. kadiakensis in a freshwater aquarium | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Malacostraca | 
| Order: | Decapoda | 
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata | 
| Infraorder: | Caridea | 
| Family: | Palaemonidae | 
| Genus: | Palaemon | 
| Species: | P. kadiakensis  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Palaemon kadiakensis (Rathbun, 1902) .[1]  | |
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Palaemon kadiakensis, commonly known as the Mississippi grass shrimp, is a species of freshwater shrimp from the central United States, specifically the Mississippi River Basin.[2][3]
Early development
The eggs of Palaemon kadiakensis are 1.4 mm. long or about one twenty-fifth of the adult length.[4] In laboratory settings the incubation period of Palaemon kadiakensis eggs has been observed to be 24–28 days.[4]
After hatching a P. kadiakensis will go through six distinct larval stages before reaching its final adult form.[5] Among larvae reared in experiments, the duration of larval life was 16 to 24 days and the average length of larval life was 19.64 days.[5] In laboratory settings the larvae are fed Artemia salina Nauplius[4] or 100-500 micron sized commercial feed.


References
- ↑ Charles Fransen, Sammy De Grave & Michael Türkay (2011). "Palaemonetes Rathburn, 1902". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
 - ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Palaemon kadiakensis (Rathbun, 1902)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
 - ↑ "Mississippi grass shrimp (Palaemonetes kadiakensis) - FactSheet". nas.er.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
 - 1 2 3 Broad, A.C.; Hubschman, Jerry (1963). "The Larval Development of Palaemonetes kadiakensis M. J. Rathbun in the Laboratory". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. American Microscopical Society. 82 (2): 185–197. JSTOR 3223994.
 - 1 2 Hubscham, Jerry; Rose, Jo Ann (1969). "Palaemonetes kadiakensis Rathbun: Post Embryonic Growth in the Laboratory (Decapoda,Palaemonidae)". Crustaceana. Brill. 16 (1): 81–87. JSTOR 20103031.
 
