Paratya australiensis

1 Freshwater Shrimp, Glass Shrimp at Dickson, ACT

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Identification history

Paratya australiensis	10 Aug 2022	MichaelMulvaney
Paratya australiensis	10 May 2021	MichaelMulvaney
Unverified	10 May 2021	NedJohnston

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Freshwater Shrimp.

2 comments

MatthewFrawley wrote:

10 Aug 2022

Wow, this is a first sighting for CNM. Just curious the size of this shrimp? I'm guessing it was very small but curious as to just how small?

NedJohnston wrote:

10 Aug 2022

It was a while ago so I can't be sure but I seem to remember them being something like 2-3 cm. I'd expected them to be much smaller and I was certainly suprised to see them in such an urban wetland!

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Location information

Coordinates 149.147986 -35.251469
Altitude 585.1m
Maps Dickson Wetland Dickson Wetland Corridor
Places Dickson, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
6 May 2021 10:57 AM Recorded on
NedJohnston Recorded by
Collections
NedJohnston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other Crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea) Other Arthropods

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Paratya australiensis Scientific name
Freshwater Shrimp, Glass Shrimp Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 753m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania