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Kauaʻi record · KCA-CR-000094

Marine shrimp

Palaemonella lata

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About Marine shrimp

Palaemonella lata is a decapod crustacean in the family Palaemonidae. Its current scientific name is cited as Palaemonella lata Kemp, 1922. Published Kauaʻi evidence documents the species from Port Allen Harbor. The cited evidence includes records dated or referenced to 2002. Evidence types include survey observation. These records establish a documented Kauaʻi occurrence but are not automatically interpreted as a present-day abundance estimate. The documented Kauaʻi habitat context includes harbor / sheltered marine. 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
Palaemonella lata
Common names
Marine shrimp
Hawaiian names
ʻŌpae
Other names
Palaemonella lata · crustacean · crustaceans · shrimp · shrimps · ʻŌpae
Family
Palaemonidae
Order
Decapoda
Record type
species

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Kauaʻi occurrence
confirmed by dated Kauaʻi occurrence evidence
Origin
not assigned here
Conservation status
Not assessed

Process and seasonal context

Seasonal description
Palaemonella lata has a published Kauaʻi occurrence entry for Port Allen Harbor in Coles et al. (2004), Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a, printed page 136. This is dated survey or collection evidence; current abundance and persistence were not established by this review.

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