| 单词 | ghost shrimp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasghost shrimp ghost shrimp n. (a) any of various marine amphipods having slender elongated bodies and comprising the family Caprellidae (cf. skeleton shrimp n.); (b) any of various marine decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Axiidea, esp. of the family Callianassidae; (c) any of various transparent marine or freshwater shrimps of the genus Palaemonetes (family Palaemonidae), esp. the freshwater species P. paludosus, which is popular in aquaria. ΚΠ 1886 Jrnl. N.-Y. Microsc. Soc. 2 149 Caprella acuminifera... This singular crustacean, [is] sometimes called the ‘ghost-shrimp’. 1916 Jrnl. Entomol. & Zool. 8 65 Callianassa longimana... These ‘ghost shrimps’ are fairly common under stones in tide pools. 1945 J. Steinbeck Cannery Row v. 16 It sells the lovely animals of the sea, the sponges,..the snapping shrimps, and ghost shrimps so transparent that they hardly throw a shadow. 1960 R. Carrington Biogr. Sea x. 107 The grotesque ghost-shrimp Caprella moves up and down the stems..with an irregular motion like the looping of a caterpillar. 1992 BBC Wildlife Jan. 10/1 These flats are home to huge numbers of ghost shrimps, a popular bait item which supports a small but expanding fishery. 2018 @KevinJonesVet 31 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 22 Jan. 2021) Hoping these Ghost Shrimp (Palaemonetes paludosus) will enjoy tank cleaning duties..! < as lemmas |
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