Name of animal-plant: Sevenspine bay shrimp

Species name: Crangon septemspinosa

Animal type: INVERT

Subcategory: shrimp

Fact:

All animals and plants are given a species name based on a technical term in biological taxnomy. The species name consists of two words and is based on Latin.

The first part of the name identifies the genus to which the species belongs and  the second part identifies the species within the genus. In this animals case it is: Crangon septemspinosa