Kauaʻi record · KCA-CR-000092
Feeble shrimp
Palaemon debilis
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Palaemon debilis is a decapod crustacean in the family Palaemonidae. Its current scientific name is cited as Palaemon debilis Dana, 1852. Published Kauaʻi evidence documents the species from Kauaʻi aquatic systems and Keāhua Stream. The cited evidence includes records dated or referenced to 2014. Evidence types include island checklist and stream survey. These records establish a documented Kauaʻi occurrence but are not automatically interpreted as a present-day abundance estimate. The documented Kauaʻi habitat context includes freshwater / brackish / marine-connected aquatic habitat. Current island persistence, abundance, and population trend were not established by the occurrence material used for this record. The available Kauaʻi evidence does not support adding island-specific claims about diet, reproduction, behavior, population size, or trend unless those points are stated in the cited sources, so they are not inferred here. Keeping the accepted taxonomic concept together with the dated occurrence evidence allows later surveys to distinguish historical documentation from contemporary status.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Palaemon debilis
- Common names
- feeble shrimp
- Hawaiian names
- ʻŌpae huna
- Other names
- feeble shrimp · Palaemon debilis · crustacean · crustaceans · shrimp · shrimps · opae · ʻŌpae huna
- Family
- Palaemonidae
- Order
- Decapoda
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- confirmed by published Kauaʻi occurrence evidence
- Origin
- Origin not yet resolved
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- feeble shrimp (Palaemon debilis) is a confirmed Kauaʻi crustacean species documented from Kauaʻi aquatic systems and Keāhua Stream. The occurrence is retained with its source date and status so historical evidence is not presented as a current population estimate.