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Palaemon (crustacean)

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 [1]
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.[2]

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.[3]

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Palaemon:[2]


References

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  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. ^ a b "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.


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