Brown shrimp (Farfantepenaeus aztecus)
Introduction: Is a species of marine penaeid shrimps which has an important commercial species in the USA. The species has several common names such as northern brown shrimp; golden shrimp, red shrimp or red tail shrimp.
Distribution and habitats: The brown shrimp are found along the USA Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to Texas, and along the Atlantic coast of Mexico from Tamaulipas to Campeche and now been confirmed to occur in the Mediterranean, probably introduced in ship's ballast water.
The species may occur at a wide range of water depths from as shallow as 4 meters to as deep as 160 meters. However, their highest densities occur at depths between 27 – 54 m and rarely observed at depths exceeding
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Description: The brown shrimp exhibits sexual dimorphism in regard to growth whereas females grow larger than males. Individual specimens may attain a total length of up to 20 cm for male and 24 cm for female. The antennae of the species are significantly longer than body length.
The rostrum is prominent and slightly upturned with 5-10 sharp teeth on the upper edge.
The Chromatophores give the animal a brown to olive-green appearance. The species is an active swimmer and burrower. Also, it is more active at night in open waters than it is during the daylight hours.
The first 3 pairs of walking legs are chelate that in addition to its walking function, they help the animals to catch their food as well as in offending and defending.
The two rounded, reddish-brown uropods are connected to the paddle-like telson. Together, the uropods and telson form a fan-shaped tail. The shrimp locomotion is performed by the telson and uropods. Like in almost all shrimp species, the uropods steer the shrimp in during swimming and also allow the shrimp perform a rapid backward swimming during emergencies such as when escaping from possible
Abstract: The main focus of this lab is on animal behaviors in terrestial isopods, also known as pillbugs. There are many purposes to this lab experiment. First, these pillbugs are put into four different types of enviroments, also known as chambers, light v. dark, hot vs. cold, moisture vs. dry, and lastly shelter vs. open. In these different chambers, there are 10 pillbugs, 5 placed into each individual chamber and then observed for up to 5 – 10 minutes. In this lab we observed that pillbugs prefer light areas, hot temperatures, moist environments, and lastly sheltered spaces.
This behavior was observed in all the three experiments and through the period of observation, isopods seemed to move to different sponges before they settled down behind one of them. The χ2 value was 0.03842932, df was 3 and hence the P value was less than 0.001 which proves that this result is not a result of random probability and is in fact significant and reliable. In Trial 2, the hypothesis was that most isopods would go to the sponge with sucrose solution and our hypothesis was proved correct through the experiment. It was observed that a majority (55%) of the isopods preferred sucrose relative to the other sources of moisture.
This could be due to enviornmental reasons. Due to the enviornment brine shrimp usually have to grow is due to natural selection. Through natural selection they are able to pass down genes and carry ablitly to reproduce. Unlike in our experiment where we just had a solution and them in a petry dish. Brine shrimp can live in an enviornment
Ghost shrimp are high in natural oils and fats, beneficial for coloration and development of seahorses. Ghost Shrimp have a much lower risk of carrying disease than other live feeder species and are also very effective at actively reducing nitrates within the water (Ghostshrimp). Reducing nitrates and keeping the water clean is very important for seahorses as I will explain
70 common limpets were identified in the 40m bracket identified as the littoral zone, between 0m to 40m. The common limpet employs a range of adaptations to survive the abiotic and biotic conditions associated with the littoral zone. Firstly, the limpet uses a structural adaptation to overcome the harsh wave action in the tidal zone, by using their radula to grip on to imperfections in the rock. Furthermore, they employ a behavioural adaptation of grinding their shells down into the rock, to further ensure they are not swept away by the tide. Additionally, the limpet utilises a behavioural adaptation regarding its tough shell and powerful radula, to defend against predators.
Are We Really What We Eat? An Analysis of “Consider the Lobster” In David Foster Wallace’s essay “Consider the Lobster” he argues that we as a human race should be empathetic to what we eat and close the gap between animal rights activists and gourmet food lovers in which he does so very effectively. The largest point of David’s argument is the issue of morality, this is a strategic move on his end because as human beings we are all concerned with how we are perceived by society and focus our lives and actions around the concept of conforming to societal norms. His strong stance against such large consumption of lobster pushes the reader to believe that his viewpoints are more than just about lobster.
There is no need to go into so much detail as the basic care is okay for this fish. The design of the Port and Starboard Lightfish goes from yellow to white. Also, there is a Red stripe that runs across its body. This fish does not hold much interest to commercial sea trawlers.
That is faster than the human eye can see, and is as fast as a small caliber bullet. So, if you chance to see a small shrimp with large claws about twice its body size, then don’t pick it up, or you could end up with a few broken fingers. It can even kill a grab with a good swipe of its claws. So your
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Behavior: Pomacea urcues is an amphibious. It would sometimes leave the swamps and rivers to search for food on land, even though they get a lot of food in marches. They would go in search for their food at nights and then at the break of day, hide in the water to avoid predators. They are nocturnal and quite mobile. They can however be seen at all times of the day.
Invasive species interact with the global health of ecosystems; cause great damage to natural systems and are a huge cost to society as a whole (1). Biologists and environmentalists are alarmed that the invasions of these species could lead to large-scale declines and extinction of native species (3). There are approximately 50,000 foreign species Living in the United States, causing major environmental damages which costs add up to about $120 billion a year. It is believed that about 42% of the threatened or endangered species are at risk because of invasive species (4).
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