Oriental Shrimp Palaemon macrodactylus M. J. Rathbun, 1902Non-native    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Malacostraca   >   Order Decapoda   >   Family Palaemonidae   >   Genus Palaemon   

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"In 2007 the invasions lab here at SERC caught a single, Palaemon macrodactylus (Oriental Shrimp) at the SERC dock. This species is native to the northwest Pacific, but has been introduced to the western US, New England, Europe and South America. To date, I think there are only three Chesapeake records: the one at SERC, one in the James River, Virginia and one in the York River, Virginia." (R. Aguilar/SERC, pers. comm.) Please report any other know Chesapeake Bay records!

There are 10 records in the project database.

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An Oriental Shrimp in Gloucester County, VA (9/29/2017). Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

Oriental Shrimp in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/11/2020). (c) Benji Beluga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Ben Springer. (MBP list)

Oriental Shrimp in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/11/2020). (c) Benji Beluga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Ben Springer. (MBP list)

Oriental Shrimp in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (11/27/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

An Oriental Shrimp in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (8/17/2011). Photo taken after preservation in Ethanol, which removed all color. Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

An Oriental Shrimp in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/8/2018). Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

Oriental Shrimp in Kent Co., Maryland (6/4/2021). (c) dansmall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Dan Small. (MBP list)

Oriental Shrimp in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (11/27/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Oriental Shrimp in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/20/2023). (c) sercfisheries, all rights reserved. Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

Oriental Shrimp in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (11/27/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Oriental Shrimp in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/20/2023). (c) sercfisheries, all rights reserved. Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

Oriental Shrimp in Baltimore City, Maryland (6/11/2022). (c) Amber Doherty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Amber Doherty via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

An Oriental Shrimp in Gloucester County, Virginia (9/29/2017). Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)


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