Palaemon (genus)

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Palaemon
Palaemon pacificus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Family: Palaemonidae Genus: Palaemon Weber, 1795
Species
See text.

Palaemon is a genus of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae.

[edit] Species

• Palaemon adspersus Rathke, 1837 - baltic prawn
• Palaemon affinis Milne Edwards, 1837 - New Zealand glass shrimp
• Palaemon concinnus Dana, 1852 - mangrove prawn
• Palaemon debilis Dana, 1852 - feeble shrimp
• Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837 - rockpool prawn
• Palaemon floridanus Chace, 1942 - Florida grass shrimp
• Palaemon gravieri (Yu, 1930) - chinese ditch prawn
• Palaemon longirostris H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 - delta prawn
• Palaemon macrodactylus M. J. Rathbun, 1902 - migrant prawn, oriental shrimp
• Palaemon maculatus (Thallwitz, 1891) - Zaire prawn
• Palaemon northropi (Rankin, 1898) - Caribbean bait prawn, crossbanded grass shrimp
• Palaemon ortmanni M. J. Rathbun, 1902 - gladiator prawn
• Palaemon pacificus (Stimpson, 1860) - Indian bait prawn, Pacific grass shrimp
• Palaemon pandaliformis (Stimpson, 1871) - American grass shrimp, potitinga prawn
• Palaemon paucidens de Haan, 1844 - lake prawn
• Palaemon ritteri Holmes, 1895 - barred grass shrimp
• Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777) - common prawn
• Palaemon serrifer (Stimpson, 1860) - carpenter prawn
• Palaemon xiphias Risso, 1816 - posidonia prawn

The lake prawn Palaemon paucidens

The common prawn Palaemon serratus

[edit] References

• Palaemon (TSN 96449). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.