Correct shrimp terminology

[lauraleellbp]

So what do you call a group of shrimplets that are all hatched at the same time from the same mother. A school? A flock? A gaggle?

Maybe it a silly question, but I'm sure there's got to be a "correct" word out there somewhere!

[Natty]

Shrimpies

[fishsandwitch]

A clutch?

[JDowns]

A Platter

[southerndesert]

A group of shrimp is referred to as a "colony" the young as "fry" or at least these are the more common terms I have used and seen used.

[lauraleellbp]

Ok let me give you a sentence and see if that helps you understand what I'm getting at:

I have RCS mothers in my tanks who have released their shrimplets several weeks apart. The first _______(group, batch or whatever?) of shrimplets are 5x the size of the _________ that was released this week.

I know if it were swans, the correct term would be a "gaggle."

If it were turtles, the correct term would be a "clutch."

If it were cats, the correct term would be a "litter."

See now what I'm getting at?

[Dwarfpufferfish]

The correct term you are looking for is “Clutch”.

Example:

My female Cherry Shrimp just hatched a clutch of 45 baby shrimp!

[southerndesert]

This was a great and interesting question! So as eggs they are a clutch, but after hatched shrimp fry? or? Just baby shrimp

[lauraleellbp]

Originally Posted by Dwarfpufferfish

The correct term you are looking for is “Clutch”.

Example:

My female Cherry Shrimp just hatched a clutch of 45 baby shrimp!

Cool! You wouldn't happen to have a reference for this, would you?

[fishsandwitch]

Originally Posted by lauraleellbp

Cool! You wouldn't happen to have a reference for this, would you?

Shrimp are not scientifically studied hardly at all, so this is going to be near immpossible to find.

[Dwarfpufferfish]

Well, saying that "shrimp are not studied hardly at all” is inaccurate. Dwarf Shrimp (small freshwater shrimp) are not the subject of large-scale studies, but many studies have been preformed on their saltwater cousins and quite a few on freshwater shrimp as well.

I do not have a direct reference for the term; I just remember it from my studies in route to my marine biology degree. If you do a Google search for a scientific journal that has published articles about any shrimp, you will see the term referenced many times.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/...l/fulltext.pdf

There is one of the published articles that talks about clutches, it is about Clam Shrimp. The word Clutch turns up MANY times.

[oblongshrimp]

I would refer to them as a clutch as well....it just sounds right as well

[RandomKayos]

Back when I raised cray fish we refered to the Clutch a female carried and once hatched they were refered to as a brood.

I can't believe the size of her clutch. or The brood from May 5th is growing out well.

[lauraleellbp]

Originally Posted by Dwarfpufferfish

Well, saying that "shrimp are not studied hardly at all” is inaccurate. Dwarf Shrimp (small freshwater shrimp) are not the subject of large-scale studies, but many studies have been preformed on their saltwater cousins and quite a few on freshwater shrimp as well.

I do not have a direct reference for the term; I just remember it from my studies in route to my marine biology degree. If you do a Google search for a scientific journal that has published articles about any shrimp, you will see the term referenced many times.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/...l/fulltext.pdf

There is one of the published articles that talks about clutches, it is about Clam Shrimp. The word Clutch turns up MANY times.

Perfect, thanks!!

[SearunSimpson]

At the Vancouver Aquarium where I teach Intertidal Marine Biology classes in the wetlab, we refer to the newly born/hatched offspring as a clutch.

We also refer to the clutch of eggs as a 'berry', and when she's 'berried', she's also known as 'gravid'. Thats the type of terminology we use the most i guess at the Aquarium.