PORT PHILLIP BAY


Asian Sand Shrimp 

Crangon uritai Hayashi & Kim, 1999

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Scientific Details

Carapace with one tooth on the middorsal line, without submedian spine between middorsal line and hepatic spine. First pereopod subchelate with one ventral spine on the merus. Second pereopods present, chelate, subequal in length to other pereopods. Fourth and fifth pereopods dactylus normal, not broadened. A single arthrobranch on maxilliped 3.

Source: Taylor, J., & Komai, T. 2011. First record of the introduced sand shrimp species Crangon uritai (Decapoda: Caridea: Crangonidae) from Newport, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Marine Biodiversity Records 4; e22.

Taxonomy

Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
Superorder:
Eucarida
Order:
Decapoda
Suborder:
Pleocyemata
Infraorder:
Caridea
Family:
Crangonidae
Genus:
Crangon
Species:
uritai

General Description

First leg subchelate (flat short claws ending in a finger fitting across an oblique palm). Fourth segment (merus) of first leg (pereopod 1) with a ventral spine. Second leg chelate and subequal in length to other legs. A single arthrobranch (gill) on maxilliped 3. Up to 1.5 cm long.

Biology

This introduced sand shrimp species was first collected in Australia in 2008 but is so far confined to intertidal sediments off Newport, Port Phillip Bay. As shrimps have pelagic larval stages there is the potential for them to be taken in with ships' ballast water and transported. Many Crangon species are described as prey or predators of flat fish.

Habitat

Intertidal to 24 m.

Soft substrates

Coastal shores

Distribution guide

Yellow Sea, northern part of the East China Sea, central and southern part of the Sea of Japan, and Japanese mainland.

Species Group

Prawns, shrimps, lobsters › Shrimps

Depth

Shore (0-1 m)
Shallow (1-30 m)

Water Column

On or near sea floor

Max Size

15 mm

Diet

Organic matter

Commercial Species

No

Global Dispersal

Introduced to Australia

Conservation Status

  • DSE Advisory List : Not listed
  • EPBC Act 1999 : Not listed
  • IUCN Red List : Not listed

Author

article author Taylor, J.

Dr. Jo Taylor is the Sciences Collections Online Coordinator at Museum Victoria.

Author

article author Poore, G.C.B.

Dr. Gary Poore is Principal Curator Emeritus at Museum Victoria.

citation

Cite this page as:
Taylor, J. & Poore, G.C.B., 2011, Asian Sand Shrimp, Crangon uritai, in Taxonomic Toolkit for marine life of Port Phillip Bay, Museum Victoria, accessed 25 Feb 2025, http://136.154.202.208:8098/species/5510

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