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CREVETTE EAU DOUCE [3 records]

Record 1 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Freshwater and marine beach amphipods are called scuds.

CONT

Scuds along with beach fleas are they most likely members of the order [Amphipods] ... Another name for them is "sideswimmer".

OBS

phylum: Arthropoda; Subphylium: Mandibulata; Class: Malacostracea; Family: Gammaridae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

phylum : Crustacés; Classe : Malacostraces; Superordre : Péracadires; Ordre : Amphipodes; Genres principaux a) Gammarus b) Orchestia - beach fleas ou puces de mer (nom commun).

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
OBS

Freshwater prawn is a generic term used to described many species of Macrobrachium like Macrobrachium carnicus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Les crevettes d'eau douce sont appelées " chevrettes " en Polynésie, " écrevisses " ou "ouassons " aux Antilles. Ces noms désignent communément le genre Macrobrachium, et, plus particulièrement, M. rosenbergii. Il existe une centaines d'espèces de Macrobrachium pour la plupart cantonnées aux eaux douces tropicales [...] Des élevages se développent également depuis quelques années dans des pays plus tempérés, et toujours sur M. rosenbergii. C'est le cas dans le sud des États-Unis [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acuicultura
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