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Palaemon  Weber, 1795
Taxonomic Serial No.: 96449

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Palaemonetes Heller, 1869
  
    Exopalaemon Holthuis, 1950
  
    Coutierella Sollaud, 1914
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                      SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                         SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri  
                            OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards  
                               SuborderPleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963  
                                  InfraorderCaridea Dana, 1852  
                                     SuperfamilyPalaemonoidea Rafinesque, 1815  
                                        FamilyPalaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815  
                                           GenusPalaemon Weber, 1795  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Palaemon adspersus Rathke, 1837 – Baltic prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon affinis H. Milne-Edwards, 1837  
                                              Species Palaemon africanus (Balss, 1916)  
                                              Species Palaemon annandalei (Kemp, 1917) – Cipango prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon antennarius H. Milne-Edwards, 1837  
                                              Species Palaemon antrorum (J. E. Benedict, 1896) – Balcones cave shrimp 
                                              Species Palaemon argentinus (Nobili, 1901)  
                                              Species Palaemon atrinubes (Bray, 1976)  
                                              Species Palaemon audouini Heller, 1861  
                                              Species Palaemon australis (Dakin, 1915)  
                                              Species Palaemon camranhi (Nguyên, 1997)  
                                              Species Palaemon capensis (De Man in Weber, 1897)  
                                              Species Palaemon carinicauda Holthuis, 1950 – ridgetail prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon carteri (Gordon, 1935)  
                                              Species Palaemon colossus Tzomos & Koukouras, 2015  
                                              Species Palaemon concinnus Dana, 1852 – mangrove prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon cummingi (Chace, 1954) – Squirrel Chimney Cave shrimp, Florida cave shrimp 
                                              Species Palaemon curvirostris Nguyên, 1992  
                                              Species Palaemon debilis Dana, 1852 – feeble shrimp, 'opae huna 
                                              Species Palaemon dolospinus Walker & Poore, 2003  
                                              Species Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837 – rockpool prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon floridanus Chace, 1942 – Florida grass shrimp 
                                              Species Palaemon fluvialis Streets, 1871  
                                              Species Palaemon gladiator Holthuis, 1950  
                                              Species Palaemon gracilis (S. I. Smith, 1871)  
                                              Species Palaemon gravieri (Yü, 1930) – Chinese ditch prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon guangdongensis Liu, Liang & Yan, 1990  
                                              Species Palaemon hainanensis (Liang, 2000)  
                                              Species Palaemon hancocki Holthuis, 1950  
                                              Species Palaemon hiltoni (Schmitt, 1921) – Hilton shrimp 
                                              Species Palaemon hobbsi (Strenth, 1994)  
                                              Species Palaemon intermedius (Stimpson, 1860) – striped river prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon ivonicus (Holthuis, 1950)  
                                              Species Palaemon kadiakensis (M. J. Rathbun, 1902) – Mississippi grass shrimp 
                                              Species Palaemon khori De Grave & Al-Maslamani, 2006  
                                              Species Palaemon kwangtung De Grave & Ashelby, 2013  
                                              Species Palaemon lindsayi (Villalobos Figueroa & H. H. Hobbs Jr., 1974)  
                                              Species Palaemon litoreus (McCulloch, 1909)  
                                              Species Palaemon longirostris H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 – delta prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon macrodactylus M. J. Rathbun, 1902 – migrant prawn, oriental shrimp 
                                              Species Palaemon maculatus (Thallwitz, 1892) – Zaire prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon mani (Sollaud, 1914) – mam tom prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon mercedae (Pereira S., 1986)  
                                              Species Palaemon mesogenitor (Sollaud, 1912)  
                                              Species Palaemon mesopotamicus (Pesta, 1913)  
                                              Species Palaemon mexicanus (Strenth, 1976)  
                                              Species Palaemon migratorius (Heller, 1862)  
                                              Species Palaemon minos Tzomos & Koukouras, 2015  
                                              Species Palaemon miyadii (Kubo, 1938)  
                                              Species Palaemon modestus (Heller, 1862) – Siberian prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon mundusnovus De Grave & Ashelby, 2013  
                                              Species Palaemon northropi (Rankin, 1898) – Caribbean bait prawn, crossbanded grass shrimp 
                                              Species Palaemon octaviae (Chace, 1972)  
                                              Species Palaemon ogasawaraensis Kato & Takeda, 1981  
                                              Species Palaemon orientis Holthuis, 1950 – oriental prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon ortmanni M. J. Rathbun, 1902 – gladiator prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon pacificus (Stimpson, 1860) – Indian bait prawn, Pacific grass shrimp 
                                              Species Palaemon paivai Fausto Filho, 1967  
                                              Species Palaemon paludosus (Gibbes, 1850) – Eastern grass shrimp, riverine grass shrimp 
                                              Species Palaemon pandaliformis (Stimpson, 1871) – American grass shrimp, potitinga prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon paucidens De Haan, 1844 – lake prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon peringueyi (Stebbing, 1915)  
                                              Species Palaemon peruanus Holthuis, 1950  
                                              Species Palaemon powelli Ashelby & De Grave, 2009  
                                              Species Palaemon pugio (Holthuis, 1949) – daggerblade grass shrimp 
                                              Species Palaemon ritteri Holmes, 1895 – barred grass shrimp 
                                              Species Palaemon schmitti (Holthuis, 1950)  
                                              Species Palaemon semmelinkii (De Man, 1881)  
                                              Species Palaemon septemtrionalis Katogi et al., 2019  
                                              Species Palaemon serenus (Heller, 1862)  
                                              Species Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777) – common prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon serrifer (Stimpson, 1860) – carpenter prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon sewelli (Kemp, 1925)  
                                              Species Palaemon sinensis (Sollaud, 1911) – Chinese grass shrimp 
                                              Species Palaemon styliferus H. Milne-Edwards, 1840 – roshma prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon suttkusi (Smalley, 1964)  
                                              Species Palaemon tenuidactylus Liu, Liang & Yan, 1990  
                                              Species Palaemon texanus (Strenth, 1976) – Texas river shrimp 
                                              Species Palaemon tonkinensis (Sollaud, 1914) – Tonkin grass shrimp 
                                              Species Palaemon turcorum (Holthuis, 1961)  
                                              Species Palaemon varians Leach, 1813 – Atlantic ditch shrimp 
                                              Species Palaemon vicinus Ashelby, 2009  
                                              Species Palaemon vietnamicus (Nguyên, 1992)  
                                              Species Palaemon vulgaris Say, 1818 – common grass shrimp, marsh grass shrimp, marsh shrimp, common American prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon xinjiangensis (Liang, 2000)  
                                              Species Palaemon xiphias Risso, 1816 – Posidonia prawn 
                                              Species Palaemon yamashitai Fujino & Miyake, 1970  
                                              Species Palaemon yuna Carvalho, Magalhães & Mantelatto, 2014  
                                              Species Palaemon zariquieyi (Sollaud, 1938)  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Palaemon   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Chace, Fenner A., Jr., and A. J. Bruce  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition 1907-1910, pt. 6: Superfamily Palaemonoidea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, no. 543   
  Page(s): vii + 152   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
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  Reference for: Palaemon   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): De Grave, Sammy, and C. H. J. M. Fransen  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the Dendrobranchiate, Stenopodidean, Procarididean and Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoologische Mededelingen, vol. 85, no. 9   
  Page(s): 195-589   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 978-90-6519-2004, 0024-0672  
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  Reference for: Palaemon   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): De Grave, Sammy, and Christopher W. Ashelby  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: A re-appraisal of the systematic status of selected genera in Palaemoninae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3734, no. 3   
  Page(s): 331-344   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.3.3   
  Reference for: Palaemon   
       

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