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Palaemon (crustacean)

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Genus of crustaceans

Palaemon
Palaemon pacificus
Palaemon elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Palaemon
Weber, 1795
Type species
Palaemon adspersus
Rathke, 1837 
Synonyms
List
  • Alaocaris Holthuis, 1949
  • Allocaris Sollaud, 1911
  • Coutierella Sollaud, 1914
  • Exopalaemon Holthuis, 1950
  • Palaeander Holthuis, 1950
  • Palaemon Fabricius, 1798
  • Palaemon (Exopalaemon) Holthuis, 1950
  • Palaemon (Palaemon) Weber, 1795
  • Palaemonetes Heller, 1869
  • Palaemonetes (Palaemonetes) Heller, 1869
  • Palaemonopsis Stimpson, 1871
  • Palemon Weber, 1795

Palaemon is a genus of caridean shrimp in the family Palaemonidae.

Some species, including Palaemon macrodactylus and Palaemon orientis, can inhabit fish ponds where they compete with fish for food and can therefore be considered pests.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Palaemon:


References

  1. S. De Grave & C. H. J. M. Fransen (2011). "Carideorum Catalogus: the Recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 85 (9): 195–589, figs. 1–59. ISBN 978-90-6519-200-4. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20.
  2. ^ "Palaemon Weber, 1795". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  3. Chan, Tin-Yam & Yu, Hsiang-Ping (19 July 1984). "Studies on the shrimps of the genus Palaemon (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from Taiwan". Journal of the Taiwan Museum. 38 (1): 119–127.
Taxon identifiers
Palaemon


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