Manning grass shrimp
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Superfamily: Alpheoidea
Family: Thoridae
Genus: Thor
Species:
T. manningi
Binomial name
Thor manningi
Chace, 1972

Thor manningi is a species of shrimp. The common name for this species is the Manning grass shrimp.[1] On average the life span in this species is 4 to 5 months.[2] The species uses drag powered swimming to move from place to place.[3]

Distribution

Thor manningi has an amphiamerican distribution, found in shallow coastal regions of the Western Atlantic,[4] including off the coast of South Carolina in the United States,[5] and the East Pacific.[6]

Reproduction

Thor manningi is a trioecious species with males, females and protandrous hermaphrodites.[7] Individuals approaching sex change have a mixture of male and female characteristics.[8] In this species 50% of the population are males, 49% protandric hermaphrodites, and 1% are females.[9]

References

  1. ^ "ADW: Thor manningi: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  2. ^ Schram, Frederick; Klein, Carel von Vaupel; Charmantier-Daures, M.; Forest, J. (2010-12-17). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Crustacea, Volume 9 Part A: Eucarida: Euphausiacea, Amphionidacea, and Decapoda (partim). BRILL. p. 180. ISBN 978-90-04-16441-3.
  3. ^ "Manning Grass Shrimp Thor manningi Chace 1972" at the Encyclopedia of Life
  4. ^ "Thor manningi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Thor manningi". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  6. ^ Rubén Ríos and Alberto Carvacho (January 1982). "Caridean Shrimps of the Gulf of California. I. New Records, with Some Remarks on Amphiamerican Distribution". Pacific Science. 36 (4).
  7. ^ Fusco, Giuseppe; Minelli, Alessandro (2019-10-10). The Biology of Reproduction. Cambridge University Press. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-1-108-49985-9.
  8. ^ Bauer, Raymond T. (2004). Remarkable Shrimps: Adaptations and Natural History of the Carideans. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-8061-3555-7.
  9. ^ Leonard, Janet L. (2019-05-21). Transitions Between Sexual Systems: Understanding the Mechanisms of, and Pathways Between, Dioecy, Hermaphroditism and Other Sexual Systems. Springer. p. 283. ISBN 978-3-319-94139-4.
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