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Breeder ID: LYSWUR-090194-RILCEC-002 Date received: 9/1/94
Identification: Lysmata wurdemanni (Gibbes, 1850) Geographic origin: Caribbean
(after I.C.Z.N.)
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Chelicerata
Class Malacostraca
Subclass Eumalacostraca
Super Order Eucarida
Order Decapoda
Suborder Pleocyemata
Infraorder Caridea
Family Hippolytidae
Genus Lysmata (Risso, 1816)
Species wurdemanni (Gibbes, 1850)
Broodstock notes: Adults collected in shallow water. Most abundant June - July when water temperature is 22 - 24 C.
Physical differences: Male is slightly larger
Adult diet: Chopped raw shrimp or baitfish. Fed twice daily
Pre-spawning activity: Reproductive year round. Temperature 19.4 - 30 C. Apparently able to change sex or reproduce without males.
Time spawning began: after molt
Area spawning occurred: not indicated
Frequency of spawning: 10 - 12 days
Egg(s) description: Bright green, clearly visible on pleopods.
Approximate quantity: 579 - 1707 Size: not indicated
Egg changes/development: eggs become a light tan color
Incubation period: 9 - 11 days Time hatching occurred: night
Newly hatched appear: Poor swimmers, larvae float
Size of hatching larvae: 2.2 mm, yolk sac not present
Method removal/transfer: Adults removed after release
Spawning tank size(liter): 75 (15 - 20 individuals per tank)
Lighting & photo period: 12 hour. Type not indicated
Filtration: UGF, liverock. Lush growth of Caulerpa sp.
Additives & doses: none indicated
Water temperature: 19.4 - 30 C. Specific gravity: 1.024 - .027
Fry development/changes: Within days large compound yes develop and largest pleopod (pair) becomes enlongated and paddle shaped. 7 major stages to metamorphosis (PL)
First food offered: newly hatched Artemia < 6 hours old
Second food offered: Artemia enriched with Isochrysis and Selcon®. Dependent on size
Survival at 4 weeks: 22%
Development description: Larvae do not all mature at same time. 40 - 65 days. Few shrimp are lost after metamorphosis and are moved to small aquariums with UGF.
Spawning tank size(liter): 20 (40 - 60 larvae / liter)
Comments:
Original Description:
Word origin: Lysmata appears to be from the Greek roots Lys meaning loose and mat, -aeo, -eo, meaning foolish or idle. The species wurdemanni is apparently in reference to Wurdemann, (unknown) indicated by the Latin genitive ending -i.
The literal translation for the genus seems a bit confusing and Lysmata may refer to the cleaner shrimps leaving the substrate (loose) to clean fish capable of eating them (foolish).
The order Decapoda means "ten legs" (Deca indicating ten and pod meaning foot. The suborder Pleocyemata is from the Greek root(s); pleo meaning full, more; sail, swim; and cyem, -a, -ato, -I, meaning an embryo. The Infraorder Caridea is from the Latin root cari, -d, =s meaning shrimp The family Hippolytidae are the "cleaner" shrimp.. Hippolytidae appears to be a combination of hippo meaning "horse" and ly another word for loose, and idae being a standard suffix for an animal.
Suggested reading:Riley, Cecilia M., Captive Spawning and Rearing of the Peppermint Shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni). 1994, SeaScope Volume 11 Summer 1994