Table 4.22. Benthic macroinvertebrates of the Louis- 

 iana nearshore Gulf habitat (Perret et al. 

 1971). 



Taxanomic classification 



Common name 



Mollusca 

 Loliginidae 

 Lolliguncula brevis 

 (Blainville) 



Crustacea 

 Cymothoidae 

 Livoneca ovalis (Say) 



Penaeidae 



Penaeus setiferus (Linnaeus) 

 P. duorarum 



(Burkenroad) 

 P. aztecus (Ives) 

 Xiphopeneus kroyeri 



(Heller) 

 Trachypeneus con- 



strictus (Stimpson) 



Sergestidae 

 Acetes americanus 

 (Ortman) 



Alpheidae 

 Alpheus heterochaelis 

 (Say) 



Palaemonidae 



Palaemonetes vulgaris 

 (Say) 



Squillidae 

 Squilla empusa (Say) 



Paguridae 



Pagurus longicarpus (Say) 



Portunidae 

 Callinectes sapidus 

 (Rathbun) 



Xanthidae 

 Menippe mercenaria (Say) 

 Panopeus herbstii 

 (Edwards) 



Ocypodidae 



Uca pugnax (Smith) 



Squid 



Isopod 



White shrimp 



Pink shrimp 

 Brown shrimp 



Seabob 



Roughneck shrimp 



Netclingers 



Big-clawed snapping 

 shrimp 



Grass shrimp 

 Mantis shrimp 

 Hermit crab 



Blue crab 



Stone crab 

 Common mud crab 



Fiddler crab 



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