Palaemon (crustacean) explained

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.^[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Palaemon:

• Palaemon adspersus
• Palaemon affinis
• Palaemon africanus
• Palaemon annandalei
• Palaemon antennarius
• †Palaemon antonellae
• Palaemon antrorum
• Palaemon argentinus
• Palaemon atrinubes
• Palaemon audouini
• Palaemon australis
• Palaemon camranhi
• Palaemon capensis
• Palaemon carinicauda
• Palaemon carteri
• Palaemon colossus
• Palaemon concinnus
• Palaemon cummingi
• Palaemon curvirostris
• Palaemon debilis
• Palaemon dolospinus
• Palaemon elegans
• †Palaemon exul
• Palaemon floridanus
• Palaemon gladiator
• Palaemon gracilis
• Palaemon gravieri
• Palaemon guangdongensis
• Palaemon hainanensis
• Palaemon hancocki
• Palaemon hiltoni
• Palaemon hobbsi
• Palaemon intermedius
• Palaemon ivonicus
• Palaemon kadiakensis
• Palaemon khori
• Palaemon kwangtung
• Palaemon leucurus
• Palaemon lindsayi
• Palaemon litoreus
• Palaemon longirostris
• Palaemon macrodactylus
• Palaemon maculatus
• Palaemon mani
• Palaemon mercedae
• Palaemon mesogenitor
• Palaemon mesopotamicus
• Palaemon mexicanus
• Palaemon migratorius
• Palaemon minos
• Palaemon miyadii
• Palaemon modestus
• †Palaemon monsdamarum
• †Palaemon mortuus
• Palaemon mundusnovus
• Palaemon northropi
• Palaemon octaviae
• Palaemon ogasawaraensis
• Palaemon orientis
• Palaemon ortmanni
• Palaemon pacificus
• Palaemon paivai
• Palaemon paludosus
• Palaemon pandaliformis
• Palaemon paucidens
• Palaemon peringueyi
• Palaemon peruanus
• Palaemon powelli
• Palaemon pugio
• Palaemon ritteri
• Palaemon schmitti
• Palaemon semmelinkii
• Palaemon septemtrionalis
• Palaemon serenus
• Palaemon serratus
• Palaemon serrifer
• Palaemon sewelli
• Palaemon sinensis
• Palaemon styliferus
• Palaemon suttkusi
• Palaemon tenuidactylus
• Palaemon texanus
• Palaemon tonkinensis
• Palaemon turcorum
• Palaemon varians
• †Palaemon vesolensis
• Palaemon vicinus
• Palaemon vietnamicus
• Palaemon vulgaris
• Palaemon xinjiangensis
• Palaemon xiphias
• Palaemon yamashitai
• Palaemon yuna
• Palaemon zariquieyi

Notes and References

1. Chan . Tin-Yam . Yu . Hsiang-Ping . amp . Studies on the shrimps of the genus Palaemon (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from Taiwan . Journal of the Taiwan Museum . 19 July 1984 . 38 . 1 . 119–127 .