Palaemon antrorum

Palaemon antrorum
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Palaemonidae
Genus:	Palaemon
Species:	P. antrorum
Binomial name
Palaemon antrorum (J. E. Benedict, 1896)
Synonyms
Palaemonetes antrorumJ.E. Benedict, 1896

Palaemon antrorum, also known as the Balcones cave shrimp and the Texas cave shrimp, is a species of palaemonid shrimp endemic to Texas. ^{[2] [3]} It is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List, ^[1] and as a Species of Concern by the United States Endangered Species Act. ^[3]

The species' type locality is an artesian well on what is now the campus of Texas State University–San Marcos in San Marcos, Texas. ^[4] It has also been reported from Edwards Aquifer west to Uvalde County. ^[4]

See also

• Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
• Edwards Plateau

References

1. De Grave, S.; Rogers, C. (2013). "Palaemonetes antrorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T15885A788902. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T15885A788902.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Palaemon antrorum (Benedict, 1896)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
3. "Texas cave shrimp (Palaemonetes antrorum) species profile". Environmental Conservation Online System. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. October 19, 2010.
4. James Thomas Collins (1998). A phylogenetic study of the shrimp genus Palaemonetes Heller, 1869 from North America (Crustacea: Decapoda) (PDF) (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). Texas Tech University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-10-19.