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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palaemonidae palaemonid shrimps

Genus: Palaemon

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27 species (see list below)
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FAO

Northeast Atlantic and th
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Palaemon adspersusRathke, 1837

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Palaemon adspersus
[Baltic prawn]
No picture found
 
Palaemon affinis
[]

FAO

Indo-Pacific.

Palaemon concinnusDana, 1852

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Palaemon concinnus
[Mangrove prawn]
No picture found
 
Palaemon debilis
[Feeble shrimp]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Palaemon elegansRathke, 1837

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Palaemon elegans
[Rockpool prawn]
No picture found
 
Palaemon floridanus
[Florida grass shrimp]
No picture found
 
Palaemon gladiator
[]
No picture found
 
Palaemon gracilis
[]
No picture found
 
Palaemon gravieri
[Chinese ditch prawn]
No picture found
 
Palaemon hancocki
[]
No picture found
 
Palaemon khori
[]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Palaemon longirostrisMilne-Edwards, 1837

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Palaemon longirostris
[Delta prawn]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.3 cm TL
 
Palaemon macrodactylus
[Oriental shrimp]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.3 cm TL
 
Palaemon maculatus
[Zaire prawn]
No picture found
 
Palaemon modestus
[Siberian prawn]
No picture found
 
Palaemon northropi
[Crossbanded grass shrimp]
No picture found
 
Palaemon ortmanni
[Gladiator prawn]
No picture found
 
Palaemon pacificus
[Pacific grass shrimp]
No picture found
 
Palaemon paucidens
[Lake prawn]
No picture found
 
Palaemon ritteri
[Barred grass shrimp]
No picture found
 
Palaemon semmelinkii
[]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic, the Med
Max. Length 11 cm TL
Palaemon serratus(Pennant, 1777)

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Palaemon serratus
[Common prawn]
No picture found
 
Palaemon serrifer
[Carpenter prawn]
No picture found
 
Palaemon sewelli
[]

FAO

Indo-Pacific

Palaemon styliferusMilne-Edwards, 1840

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Palaemon styliferus
[Roshna prawn]
No picture found
 
Palaemon tenuidactylus
[]

Coudre, Christian

Eastern Central Atlantic
Max. Length 6.5 cm TL
Palaemon xiphiasRisso, 1816

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Palaemon xiphias
[Posidonia prawn]


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