Freshwater shrimp are any shrimp which live in
fresh water.
This includes:
*Any
Caridea
The Caridea, commonly known as caridean shrimp or true shrimp, are an infraorder of shrimp within the order Decapoda. This infraorder contains all species of true shrimp. They are found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Many ...
(shrimp) which live in
fresh water, especially the family
Atyidae
Atyidae is a family of shrimp, present in all tropical and most temperate waters of the world. Adults of this family are almost always confined to fresh water. This is the only family in the superfamily Atyoidea.
Genera and species
The followin ...
*Species in the genus ''
Macrobrachium
''Macrobrachium'' is a genus of freshwater prawns or shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male.
Species
It contains these species:
*'' Macrobrachium acanthochirus'' F. Villalobo ...
''
:*''
Macrobrachium ohione'', the Ohio River shrimp
:*''
Macrobrachium carcinus
''Macrobrachium carcinus'' is a species of fresh water shrimp known as the big claw river shrimp. It is native to streams, rivers and creeks from Florida to southern Brazil. It is the largest known species of Neotropical freshwater prawn, growin ...
'', sometimes called the American giant freshwater prawn
:*''
Macrobrachium rosenbergii
''Macrobrachium rosenbergii'', also known as the giant river prawn or giant freshwater prawn, is a commercially important species of palaemonid freshwater prawn. It is found throughout the tropical and subtropical areas of the Indo-Pacific reg ...
'', also known as the giant river prawn, giant freshwater prawn or cherabin
*Any
amphipod living in fresh water, especially:
:*''
Gammarus pulex
''Gammarus pulex'' is a species of amphipod crustacean found in fresh water across much of Europe. It is a greyish animal, growing to long.
Description
Adult males of ''Gammarus pulex'' may reach a total length of , while females only grow to . ...
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