Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas

Kauaʻi record · KCA-CR-000093

Marine shrimp

Palaemon pacificus

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Palaemon pacificus — Palaemon pacificus. Atlas ecological plate.
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About Marine shrimp

Palaemon pacificus is a decapod crustacean in the family Palaemonidae. Published Kauaʻi evidence documents the species from Kauaʻi aquatic systems. Evidence types include island checklist. These records establish a documented Kauaʻi occurrence but are not automatically interpreted as a present-day abundance estimate. The documented Kauaʻi habitat context includes aquatic; finer habitat not documented in reviewed Kauaʻi source. 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 pacificus
Common names
Marine shrimp
Hawaiian names
ʻŌpae
Other names
Palaemon pacificus · crustacean · crustaceans · shrimp · shrimps · ʻŌpae
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
Palaemon pacificus (Palaemon pacificus) is a confirmed Kauaʻi crustacean species documented from Kauaʻi aquatic systems. The occurrence is retained with its source date and status so historical evidence is not presented as a current population estimate.

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