Stats

Lifespan

1-2 years

Size

Tiny

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Cathemeral

Social

School

Biome

Freshwater wetland

Range

North America

Movement

Swimming

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

This transparent crustacean dwells among submerged vegetation in freshwater ponds. Its body is entirely see-through, revealing the rhythmic movement of its internal organs.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   juvenile

   A juvenile crustacean takes adult form after its larval phase, growing in stages between molts.
2. 2.
   adult

   Fully grown at adult size and full hard shell.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Palaemonidae

Genus

Palaemon

Species

Palaemon paludosus