''Palaemon'' is a
genus of
caridean shrimp of the
family Palaemonidae. The conventional
circumscription of the genus ''Palaemon'' is probably
paraphyletic
In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...
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Molecular data suggest that ''
Palaemonetes'', as well as the genera ''
Exopalaemon'' and ''
Couteriella'', are nested within ''Palaemon''. Phylogenetic affinities in these groups correspond better with geographical origin than conventional genus assignments.
Members
The genus contains the following species:
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Palaemon adspersus
''Palaemon adspersus'', commonly called Baltic prawn, is a species of shrimp that is frequent in the Baltic Sea, and is the subject of fisheries in Denmark. It is up to long, and lives in ''Zostera'' beds.
Description
''Palaemon adspersus'' is ...
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Rathke, 1837
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Palaemon affinis''
H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
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Palaemon capensis''
(De Man ''in'' M. Weber, 1897)
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Palaemon carteri''
(Holthuis, 1950)
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Palaemon concinnus
''Palaemon concinnus'', the mangrove prawn, is a species of shrimp
Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the deca ...
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Dana, 1852 (mangrove prawn)
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Palaemon curvirostris''
Nguyên, 1992
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Palaemon debilis''
Dana, 1852
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Palaemon dolospinus''
Walker & Poore, 2003
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Palaemon elegans''
Rathke, 1837 (rockpool prawn)
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Palaemon floridanus
''Palaemon floridanus'' is a species of shrimp of the family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). ...
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Chace, 1942 (Florida grass shrimp)
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Palaemon gladiator''
Holthuis, 1950
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Palaemon gracilis
''Palaemon gracilis'' is a species of shrimp of the family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). T ...
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(Smith, 1871)
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Palaemon gravieri
''Palaemon gravieri'' is a species of shrimp of the family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). T ...
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(Yu, 1930)
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Palaemon guangdongensis
''Palaemon guangdongensis'' is a shrimp species in the family Palaemonidae
Palaemonidae is a family of shrimp in the order Decapoda. Many species are carnivores that eat small invertebrates, and can be found in any aquatic habitat except ...
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Liu, Liang & Yan, 1990
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Palaemon hancocki
''Palaemon hancocki'' is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae
Palaemonidae is a family of shrimp in the order Decapoda. Many species are carnivores that eat small invertebrates, and can be found in any aquatic habitat except the d ...
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Holthuis, 1950
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Palaemon intermedius''
(Stimpson, 1860)
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Palaemon ivonicus''
Carvalho, Magalhães, & Mantelatto, 2014
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Palaemon khori
''Palaemon khori'' is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae. It is native to the mangrove swamps of Qatar
Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in West ...
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De Grave & Al-Maslamani, 2006
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Palaemon litoreus''
(McCulloch, 1909)
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Palaemon longirostris''
H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
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Palaemon macrodactylus''
Rathbun, 1902
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Palaemon maculatus''
(Thallwitz, 1892)
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Palaemon modestus
''Palaemon modestus'', the Siberian prawn, is a species of Fresh water, freshwater Caridea, shrimp from eastern Asia. A revision to ''Palaemon (crustacean), Palaemon'' in 2013 moved ''Palaemon modestus'' to the ''Palaemon'' genus from the ''Exopa ...
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(Heller, 1862)
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Palaemon miyadii''
(Kubo, 1938)
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Palaemon northropi''
(Rankin, 1898)
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Palaemon ogasawaraensis
''Palaemon ogasawaraensis'' is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae. It is native to the Ogasawara Islands
The Bonin Islands, also known as the , are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands, some directly south ...
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Kato & Takeda, 1981
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Palaemon ortmanni
''Palaemon ortmanni'' is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae
Palaemonidae is a family of shrimp in the order Decapoda. Many species are carnivores that eat small invertebrates, and can be found in any aquatic habitat except the d ...
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Rathbun, 1902
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Palaemon pacificus''
(Stimpson, 1860)
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Palaemon paivai
''Palaemon paivai'' is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae. It is endemic to the state of Ceará
Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlan ...
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Fausto Filho, 1967
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Palaemon pandaliformis''
(Stimpson, 1871)
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Palaemon paucidens''
De Haan, 1844
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Palaemon peringueyi''
(Stebbing, 1915)
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Palaemon peruanus
''Palaemon peruanus'' is a species of shrimp of the family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). T ...
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Holthuis, 1950
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Palaemon powelli''
Ashelby & De Grave, 2009
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Palaemon ritteri
''Palaemon ritteri'' is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae. It lives in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans surrounding South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the South ...
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Holmes, 1895
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Palaemon semmelinkii''
(De Man, 1881)
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Palaemon serenus
''Palaemon serenus'', commonly known as the red-handed shrimp, rockpool shrimp, or rock-pool prawn, is a species of marine shrimp in the family Palaemonidae native to southern and eastern Australia. They are omnivores, feeding on algae or scaven ...
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Heller, 1862
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Palaemon serratus
''Palaemon serratus'', also called the common prawn, is a species of shrimp found in the Atlantic Ocean from Denmark to Mauritania, and in the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea.
Ecology
Individuals live for 3–5 years in groups in rocky crevice ...
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(Pennant, 1777) (common prawn)
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Palaemon serrifer''
(Stimpson, 1860)
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Palaemon sewelli
''Palaemon sewelli'' is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae
Palaemonidae is a family of shrimp in the order Decapoda. Many species are carnivores that eat small invertebrates, and can be found in any aquatic habitat except the de ...
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(Kemp, 1925)
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Palaemon tenuidactylus
''Palaemon '' is a species of shrimp of the family (biology), family Palaemonidae.
References
Crustaceans described in 1990
Palaemonidae
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Liu, Liang & Yan, 1990
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Palaemon vicinus''
Ashelby, 2009
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Palaemon varians
''Palaemon varians'', known as the common ditch shrimp, river shrimp or Atlantic ditch shrimp, is a shrimp found from the Baltic Sea and the British Isles to the western Mediterranean Sea. It reaches up to in length and is never found in full ...
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Leach, 1813
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Palaemon xiphias
''Palaemon xiphias'' is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae
Palaemonidae is a family of shrimp in the order Decapoda. Many species are carnivores that eat small invertebrates, and can be found in any aquatic habitat except the de ...
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Risso, 1816
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Palaemon yamashitai
''Palaemon yamashitai'' is a species of shrimp of the family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). ...
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Fujino & Miyake, 1970
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Palaemon yuna
''Palaemon yuna'' is a species of shrimp of the family (biology), family Palaemonidae.
References
Crustaceans described in 2014
Crustaceans of Brazil
Palaemonidae
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Carvalho, Magalhães, & Mantelatto, 2014
References
Palaemonidae
Decapod genera
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