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title: "Eastern Grass Shrimp"
description: "Palaemon paludosus — Weitere Tiere. Palaemonetes paludosus, commonly known as ghost shrimp, glass shrimp, and eastern grass shrimp, is a species of freshwater shrimp from the southeastern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/eastern-grass-shrimp
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Grass Shrimp

> Palaemon paludosus — Weitere Tiere. Palaemonetes paludosus, commonly known as ghost shrimp, glass shrimp, and eastern grass shrimp, is a species of freshwater shrimp from the southeastern United States.

- Scientific name: *Palaemon paludosus*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (See & Fluss), `zoo` (Zoo & Haustiere)
- iNaturalist observations: 2363
- iNaturalist taxon: [1072083](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1072083)

## Names

- en: Eastern Grass Shrimp
- es: Camarón yerbero
- fr: Bouquet oriental des herbiers

## Countries with the most observations

US (429)

## Summary

Palaemonetes paludosus, commonly known as ghost shrimp, glass shrimp, and eastern grass shrimp, is a species of freshwater shrimp from the southeastern United States. They can be considered a keystone species based on the services they provide to their habitat. They are also popular in the domestic aquarium business.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaemon_paludosus

## Photo

![Eastern Grass Shrimp](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-grass-shrimp/medium.jpg)

Photo: psammead · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139663899

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-grass-shrimp?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).