Species under Palaemon
n= 27
| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaemon adspersus Rathke, 1837 |
Baltic prawn | Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | 8 |
| Palaemon affinis Milne Edwards, 1837 |
All subantarctic seas | ||
| Palaemon concinnus Dana, 1852 |
Mangrove prawn | Indo-Pacific | |
| Palaemon debilis Dana, 1852 |
Feeble shrimp | Indo-Pacific | |
| Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837 |
Rockpool prawn | Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean and Black Sea | 6 |
| Palaemon floridanus Chace, 1942 |
Florida grass shrimp | Western Central Atlantic | |
| Palaemon gladiator Holthuis, 1950 |
Southeast Pacific | ||
| Palaemon gracilis (Smith, 1871) |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Palaemon gravieri (Yu, 1930) |
Chinese ditch prawn | Northwest Pacific | |
| Palaemon hancocki Holthuis, 1950 |
To be filled | ||
| Palaemon khori De Grave & Al-Maslamani, 2006 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Palaemon longirostris Milne-Edwards, 1837 |
Delta prawn | Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean | 7 |
| Palaemon macrodactylus Rathbun, 1902 |
Oriental shrimp | Indo-West Pacific | 7.3 |
| Palaemon maculatus (Thallwitz, 1891) |
Zaire prawn | Eastern Atlantic | 4.3 |
| Palaemon modestus (Heller, 1862) |
Siberian prawn | Northwest Pacific | |
| Palaemon northropi (Rankin, 1898) |
Crossbanded grass shrimp | Western Atlantic and the Arctic | |
| Palaemon ortmanni Rathbun, 1902 |
Gladiator prawn | Northwest Pacific | |
| Palaemon pacificus (Stimpson, 1860) |
Pacific grass shrimp | Indo-Pacific | |
| Palaemon paucidens de Haan, 1844 |
Lake prawn | Northwest Pacific | |
| Palaemon ritteri Holmes, 1895 |
Barred grass shrimp | Arctic, Eastern Pacific and Western Central Atlantic | |
| Palaemon semmelinkii (De Man, 1881) |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777) |
Common prawn | Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Black Sea | 11 |
| Palaemon serrifer (Stimpson, 1860) |
Carpenter prawn | Indo-West Pacific | |
| Palaemon sewelli (Kemp, 1925) |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Palaemon styliferus Milne-Edwards, 1840 |
Roshna prawn | Indo-Pacific | |
| Palaemon tenuidactylus Liu, Liang & Yan, 1990 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Palaemon xiphias Risso, 1816 |
Posidonia prawn | Eastern Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean | 6.5 |