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Rockpool Shrimp - Palaemon elegans I spotted dozens of these in tide pools during low tide.<br />
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Habitat: Tide pools during low tide Geotagged,Grass Prawn,Palaemon,Palaemon elegans,Rockpool Shrimp,Summer,United States,glass shrimp,prawn,shrimp Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Rockpool Shrimp - Palaemon elegans

I spotted dozens of these in tide pools during low tide.

Habitat: Tide pools during low tide

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Palaemon elegans sometimes known by the common name rockpool shrimp, is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae. It is native to the eastern North Atlantic (including Macaronesia), the Baltic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, and introduced in the Caspian and Aral seas.

Similar species: Decapods
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

Attribution Non-Commercial
Uploaded Sep 9, 2023. Captured Sep 6, 2023 10:43 in PXJF+9G Harpswell, ME, USA.
  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/13.0
  • 1/256s
  • ISO640
  • 100mm