White Shrimp

The white shrimp lives in warm, shallow waters with muddy bottoms from New York to Florida. They have bilateral symmetry. White Shrimp are normally 25cm. long. They have a dark brown antenna. They also have 5 pairs of legs and 3 of them are walking legs. A behavioral adaptation of a white shrimp are that they have a tail flex that helps them escape from predators. A structural adaptation is that they are covered with a tiny exoskeleton that gives them protection. A functional adaptation is that they have 3 pairs of walking legs to help them get around when they are not swimming.  An interesting fact about the white shrimp is that they can jump from out of the water to invade predators with a rapid tail flex. The predators of this animal are blue crabs, grass shrimp, and humans. The prey of White shrimp are plankton, crabs, other shrimp, and small fish.  White shrimp are heterotrophic and exothermic.

Scientific name: Litopenaeus Setiferus

Domain: eukaryote

Kingdom: animal

Phylum: arthropod

Class: malacostraca

Order:Decapoda

Family: Penaeidae

Genus:Litopenaeus

Species: Setiferus