Thor manningi

Manning grass shrimp
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Hippolytidae
Genus:	Thor
Species:	T. manningi
Binomial name
	Thor manningi; Chace, 1972

Thor manningi is a species of crustacean. The common name for this species is the Manning grass shrimp.[1] On average the life span in this species is 4 to 5 months.[2] The species uses drag powered swimming to move from place to place.

Thor manningi is a trioecious species with males, females and protandrous hermaphrodites.[3] Individuals approaching sex change have a mixture of male and female characteristics.[4] In this species 50% of the population are males, 49% protandric hermaphrodites, and 1% are females.[5]

References

"ADW: Thor manningi: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
Schram, Frederick; Klein, Carel von Vaupel; Charmantier-Daures, M.; Forest, J. (2010-12-17). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Crustacea, Volume 9 Part A: Eucarida: Euphausiacea, Amphionidacea, and Decapoda (partim). BRILL. p. 180. ISBN 978-90-04-16441-3.
Fusco, Giuseppe; Minelli, Alessandro (2019-10-10). The Biology of Reproduction. Cambridge University Press. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-1-108-49985-9.
Bauer, Raymond T. (2004). Remarkable Shrimps: Adaptations and Natural History of the Carideans. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-8061-3555-7.
Leonard, Janet L. (2019-05-21). Transitions Between Sexual Systems: Understanding the Mechanisms of, and Pathways Between, Dioecy, Hermaphroditism and Other Sexual Systems. Springer. p. 283. ISBN 978-3-319-94139-4.

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[1] "ADW: Thor manningi: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-09-05.

[2] Schram, Frederick; Klein, Carel von Vaupel; Charmantier-Daures, M.; Forest, J. (2010-12-17). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Crustacea, Volume 9 Part A: Eucarida: Euphausiacea, Amphionidacea, and Decapoda (partim). BRILL. p. 180. ISBN 978-90-04-16441-3.

[3] Fusco, Giuseppe; Minelli, Alessandro (2019-10-10). The Biology of Reproduction. Cambridge University Press. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-1-108-49985-9.

[4] Bauer, Raymond T. (2004). Remarkable Shrimps: Adaptations and Natural History of the Carideans. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-8061-3555-7.

[5] Leonard, Janet L. (2019-05-21). Transitions Between Sexual Systems: Understanding the Mechanisms of, and Pathways Between, Dioecy, Hermaphroditism and Other Sexual Systems. Springer. p. 283. ISBN 978-3-319-94139-4.