bloody red shrimp

Habitat

Above: The bloody red shrimp

By: Juan

FUN FACTS

How is the bloody red shrimp invasive and it's impact

* Scientific Name: Hemimysis anomala G.O. Sars, 1907

* Common Name: bloody-red mysid (shrimp)

* Mature individuals range from 6 to 13 mm in length

* Females are slightly larger than males

* Bloody Red Shrimp breeds from April to September/October.

* It's an opportunistic omnivore

* The Bloody Red Shrimp can be ivory-yellow in color or translucent

The Bloody red Shrimp is an invasive species which ruins other animals habitats. It's believed that they compete with native species and have the ability to multiply rapidly which could threaten the native species.

Hemimysis eat tiny animals called zoo plankton's. Also another reason they're considered an invasive species is because the bloody red shrimp are likely to alter the dynamics of the invaded ecosystem as a result of predation on Macro invertebrates and competition with native invertebrate species for resources.

By: Juan

above: The bloody red shrimp

• By: Juan

The Natural Habitat Of The Bloody Red Shrimp

The bloody red shrimp also known as Hemimysis was first reported in the great lakes. They live in brackish ecosystems with rock sediments. Hemimysis can be found on benthos during the day and in the pelagic zone where it can be observed aggregated in swarms. The species is found in water depths raging from 0.5 to 50 meters. It tends to avoid soft bottom habitats due to their preference of hard bottom surfaces such as: rocks and and bivalve shells.

The bloody red shrimp is native from the Black, Azov and Caspian seas, in Europe.

This specie was introduced to the Great Lakes in the last years.

Leonel is going to explain later, in more details, how they got here.

Octavio

How To Stop The Bloody Red Shrimp

-Remove any visible mud, plant, fish or animals before transporting equipment on boats.

-Eliminate water from equipment before transporting.

-Clean and dry anything that contacted water.

-Never release plants, fish

or animals into a body of

water unless they come from

out of that body of water

- Remove any visible mud, plant or fish before transporting equipment.

- Eliminate water from equipment before transporting equipment

- Clean and dry anything that contacts water

- Never release plants, fish or animals into water unless they come from water

Octavio

the food they are taking

Bloody red shrimp are eating zoo plankton and phytoplankton and are leaving none for native fish. The fish are starving and dieing. The shrimps are eating so much because they swarm like crazy and like this native fish are no competition.

octavio

how they got there

Bloody red shrimp got to the great lakes by hiding in ships,like zebra mussels do. the ships must come from the Black sea which is the shrimps homeland. The shrimps were first spotted in 2006 in lake Ontario, but that was a long time ago, now they have spread to: lake Michigan and lake Erie.

how they take over

LEONEL

here is a video on how they swarm/reproduce

Bloody red shrimp take over the lakes because of their swarm they reproduce so fast that it doesn't let native fish get their land back so if we don't do something the shrimps are going to be a great problem for the diversity of the great lakes.

leonel

COUNTERPOINT

Researchers think that bloody red shrimp can be another food source for native swimmers.

These findings come from scientists at Queen's university in Ontario,Canada.The scientists say those shrimp are more native than invasive...But I believe they are invasive species.

leonel

BLOODY RED SHRIMP

BY: Juan, Leonel and Octavio