Common Name |
Zostera shrimp |
Language |
English |
Type |
AFS |
Official Trade Name |
No |
Rank |
1 - (Legal common name (unique)) |
Country |
United States (contiguous states) |
Locality |
|
Ref. |
Williams, A.B., L.G. Abele, D.L. Felder, H.H. Hobbs Jr., R.B. Manning, P.A. McLaughlin and I. Pérez Farfante, 1988 |
Life Stage |
juveniles and adults |
Sex |
females and males |
Core |
morphology |
1st Modifier |
habitat/ecology |
2nd Modifier |
|
Remarks |
'shrimp' from Old Norse 'skorpna', i.e., 'to shrivel up'; 'zostera', i.e. Latin genus name of sea grass. |