Palaemon antrorum

Palaemon antrorum, also known as the Balcones cave shrimp and the Texas cave shrimp, is a species of palaemonid shrimp endemic to Texas.^[2][3] It is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List,^[1] and as a Species of Concern by the United States Endangered Species Act.^[3]

Palaemon antrorum
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Palaemonidae
Genus:	Palaemon
Species:	P. antrorum
Binomial name
Palaemon antrorum (J. E. Benedict, 1896)
Synonyms
Palaemonetes antrorum J.E. Benedict, 1896

The species' type locality is an artesian well on what is now the campus of Texas State University–San Marcos in San Marcos, Texas.^[4] It has also been reported from Edwards Aquifer west to Uvalde County.^[4]

See also

• Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
• Edwards Plateau