How big does the Taiwan Mauxia Shrimp get?

The Taiwan Mauxia Shrimp grows to about 2.4 cm.

Taiwan Mauxia Shrimp

Acetes intermedius

Group: Shrimp
Max size: 2.4 cm

A tiny shrimp barely two centimetres long, it drifts as plankton through estuaries fringed with mangroves and out over the open sea. Vast swarms of these are netted and salted into the paste and dried shrimp used across Asian kitchens.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Sergestidae › Acetes

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 377410.

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How big does the Taiwan Mauxia Shrimp get?: The Taiwan Mauxia Shrimp grows to about 2.4 cm.