List of brackish aquarium invertebrate species

Last updated

This is a list of various species of invertebrates , animals without a backbone, that are commonly found in brackish aquariums kept by hobby aquarists. Some species are intentionally collected for their desirable aesthetic characteristics. Others are kept to serve a functional role such as consuming algae in the aquarium. Some species are present only incidentally or are pest species.

Contents

Arthropods

Crustaceans

Fiddler Crab, Uca pugnax [1]
Perisesarma bidens , Red Clawed Crab

Amano Shrimp/Yamato Shrimp, Caridina multidentata

Grass Shrimp/Glass Shrimp, Palaemonetes paludosus

Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus

Mollusca

Gastropods

Olive Nerite, Vittina usnea [2]

Cephalopods

Source: [3]

Lolliguncula is the only genus of cephalopods that is known to exist in brackish water. They can tolerate as low as 8.5 PPM of salt.

References

  1. ↑ "Fiddler Crab (Uca pugnax)". The Aquarium Wiki. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  2. ↑ Sprung, Julian (September 2003). "Aquarium Invertebrates: Nerites: Bleeding Tooth, Zebras, Checkers And More". Advanced Aquarist. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  3. ↑ Sales, João Bráullio L.; Markaida, Unai; Shaw, Paul W.; Haimovici, Manuel; Ready, Jonathan S.; Figueredo-Ready, Wilsea M. B.; Angioletti, Fabricio; Carneiro, Manoela A.; Schneider, Horacio; Sampaio, Iracilda (2014). "Molecular Phylogeny of the Genus Lolliguncula Steenstrup, 1881 Based on Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Sequences Indicates Genetic Isolation of Populations from North and South Atlantic, and the Possible Presence of Further Cryptic Species". PLOS ONE. 9 (2): e88693. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...988693S. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088693 . PMC   3934857 . PMID   24586371.
  4. ↑ "Lolliguncula brevis | squid".
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.