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Saturday, 21 March 2015

Palaemonetes varians : the best prawn of 2015 (so far.........)


Palaemonetes varians, Holme NWT, 21st March 2015. This is a species of brackish to freshwaters and Robert found lots in the ditch along the edge of the North Field.


This shot shows the five dorsal and two ventral spines on the rostrum. Only one of the dorsal spines is posterior to the posterior edge of the eye.





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