Palaemonetes vulgaris variously known as the common American prawn common grass shrimp marsh grass shrimp or marsh shrimp is a common species of shrimp in the western Atlantic Ocean from Cape Cod Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. Adults grow to less than 5 cm (2.0 in) long and are transparent except for some orange pigmentation on the eyestalks.
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