Syncaris Pacifica Research Paper

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Syncaris Pacifica is a scientific names another name for Syncaris Pacifica is a The California freshwater shrimp. This species is often translucent to transparent. Both male and female are capable of considerable coloration altering, as a sophisticated form of camouflage. The Shrimps is endemic to 16 coastal streams in Marin, Sonoma, and Napa countries north of San Francisco Bay. Also Syncaris Pacifica is one of four atyid shrimps species endemic to North America. The shrimps are found in low elevation. The max elevation the shrimps can live in is one hundred twenty five meter. In 1986 the California freshwater shrimps were listed endangered specie and until now the shrimps still listed as endangered. Current population for California freshwater shrimps is unknown. The shrimps survive by eating the various microscopic organisms that live in the stream. The adult size of the shrimps is less than three inches. The shrimp have two antenna. The first antenna is short and the second one is three times longer then the first one. …show more content…

The Syncaris Pacifica also importance because they ate some of the microscopic that might be harmful to the ecosystems. They like to collect all the small debris in the stream. There are many caused to their decline. The first caused is the introduced fish. When stream got introduced by fish this have cause the shrimps to become food. The fish eat faster then a shrimp can reproduce. The shrimp just hatch to a full adult and reproduce usually take around seven to nine month. But during time it can be hard because in the stream is a survival of the fit. The strong and smart get to live the weak and old become fish

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