Specimen ID | 259836 |
Group | Crustaceans-Mysids |
Genus | Hemimysis |
Species | anomala |
Common Name | bloody red shrimp |
Country | Canada |
State | QC |
Locality | St. Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada. Chateauguay West 30 km upstream of the Port of Montreal. |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Gulf of St. Lawrence - Eastern Scotian Shelf |
HUC8 Number | 32003700 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 18 |
Collection Month | 7 |
Collection Year | 2008 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | dispersed ocean current | shipping ballast water |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 18337 |
Author: | Å.M. Kestrup, and A. Ricciardi |
Date: | 2008 |
Title: | Occurrence of the Ponto-Caspian mysid shrimp Hemimysis anomala (Crustacea, Mysida) in the St. Lawrence River. |
Journal: | Aquatic Invasions |
Volume: | 3 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 461-464 |
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Comments | one juvenile found. August 8 at same location 10 adult females (2 gravid), 3 adult males and 1 juvenile. Most likely represent downstream dispersal from Lake Ontario |
Record Type | Literature |
Earliest Record | drainage |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 15 |
Size | 7.3 mm females, 5.6 mm males |
Number of Juveniles | 2 |
Number of Females | 10 |
Number of Breeding Females | 2 |
Number of Breeding Males | 3 |