Traits taxon details
Palaemon Weber, 1795
107032 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107032)
accepted
Genus
Coutierella Sollaud, 1914 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Exopalaemon Holthuis, 1950 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Palaemonetes Heller, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Palaemon adspersus Rathke, 1836
- Species Palaemon affinis H. Milne Edwards, 1837
- Species Palaemon africanus (Balss, 1916)
- Species Palaemon annandalei (Kemp, 1917)
- Species Palaemon antennarius H. Milne Edwards, 1837
- Species Palaemon antonellae Garassino & Bravi, 2003 †
- Species Palaemon antrorum (Benedict, 1896)
- 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
- Species Palaemon carteri (Gordon, 1935)
- Species Palaemon colossus Tzomos & Koukouras, 2015
- Species Palaemon concinnus Dana, 1852
- Species Palaemon cummingi (Chace, 1954)
- Species Palaemon curvirostris Nguyên, 1992
- Species Palaemon debilis Dana, 1852
- Species Palaemon dolospinus Walker & Poore, 2003
- Species Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1836
- Species Palaemon exul Frič, 1872 †
- Species Palaemon floridanus Chace, 1942
- Species Palaemon gladiator Holthuis, 1950
- Species Palaemon gracilis (Smith, 1871)
- Species Palaemon gravieri (Yu, 1930)
- Species Palaemon guangdongensis Liu, Liang & Yan, 1990
- Species Palaemon hainanensis (Liang, 2000)
- Species Palaemon hancocki Holthuis, 1950
- Species Palaemon hiltoni (Schmitt, 1921)
- Species Palaemon hobbsi (Strenth, 1994)
- Species Palaemon intermedius (Stimpson, 1860)
- Species Palaemon ivonicus (Holthuis, 1950)
- Species Palaemon kadiakensis (Rathbun, 1902)
- Species Palaemon khori De Grave & Al-Maslamani, 2006
- Species Palaemon kwangtung De Grave & Ashelby, 2013
- Species Palaemon leucurus Ashelby, De Grave & Nguyen, 2018
- Species Palaemon lindsayi (Villalobos Figueroa & Hobbs, 1974)
- Species Palaemon litoreus (McCulloch, 1909)
- Species Palaemon longirostris H. Milne Edwards, 1837
- Species Palaemon macrodactylus Rathbun, 1902
- Species Palaemon maculatus (Thallwitz, 1891)
- Species Palaemon mani (Sollaud, 1914)
- Species Palaemon mercedae (Pereira, 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)
- Species Palaemon monsdamarum Pasini & Garassino, 2017 †
- Species Palaemon mortuus Smirnov, 1929 †
- Species Palaemon mundusnovus De Grave & Ashelby, 2013
- Species Palaemon northropi (Rankin, 1898)
- Species Palaemon octaviae (Chace, 1972)
- Species Palaemon ogasawaraensis Kato & Takeda, 1981
- Species Palaemon orientis Holthuis, 1950
- Species Palaemon ortmanni Rathbun, 1902
- Species Palaemon pacificus (Stimpson, 1860)
- Species Palaemon paivai Fausto Filho, 1967
- Species Palaemon paludosus (Gibbes, 1850)
- Species Palaemon pandaliformis (Stimpson, 1871)
- Species Palaemon parvibrachium Komai & Hanai, 2024
- Species Palaemon paucidens De Haan, 1844
- Species Palaemon peringueyi (Stebbing, 1915)
- Species Palaemon peruanus Holthuis, 1950
- Species Palaemon powelli Ashelby & De Grave, 2009
- Species Palaemon pugio (Holthuis, 1949)
- Species Palaemon ritteri Holmes, 1895
- Species Palaemon schmitti (Holthuis, 1950)
- Species Palaemon semmelinkii (De Man, 1881)
- Species Palaemon septemtrionalis Katogi, Chiba, Yokoyama, Hatakeyama, Shirai & Komai, 2019
- Species Palaemon serenus (Heller, 1862)
- Species Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777)
- Species Palaemon serrifer (Stimpson, 1860)
- Species Palaemon sewelli (Kemp, 1925)
- Species Palaemon sinensis (Sollaud, 1911)
- Species Palaemon styliferus H. Milne Edwards, 1840
- Species Palaemon suttkusi (Smalley, 1964)
- Species Palaemon tenuidactylus Liu, Liang & Yan, 1990
- Species Palaemon texanus (Strenth, 1976)
- Species Palaemon tonkinensis (Sollaud, 1914)
- Species Palaemon turcorum (Holthuis, 1961)
- Species Palaemon varians Leach, 1814
- Species Palaemon vesolensis Bravi, Coppa, Garassino & Patricelli, 1999 †
- Species Palaemon vicinus Ashelby, 2009
- Species Palaemon vietnamicus (Nguyên, 1992)
- Species Palaemon vulgaris Say, 1818
- Species Palaemon xinjiangensis (Liang, 2000)
- Species Palaemon xiphias Risso, 1816
- Species Palaemon yamashitai Fujino & Miyake, 1970
- Species Palaemon yuna Carvalho, Magalhães & Mantelatto, 2014
- Species Palaemon zariquieyi (Sollaud, 1938)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Weber, F. (1795). Nomenclator entomologicus secundum Entomologiam systematicum ill. Fabricii adjectis speciebus recens detectis et varietatibus. i-viii, 1-171. Chilonii et Hamburgii. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Palaemon Weber, 1795. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107032 on 2025-05-10
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Palaemon Weber, 1795. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107032 on 2025-05-10
Date
action
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original description
Weber, F. (1795). Nomenclator entomologicus secundum Entomologiam systematicum ill. Fabricii adjectis speciebus recens detectis et varietatibus. i-viii, 1-171. Chilonii et Hamburgii. [details] 
original description (of Palaemonetes Heller, 1869) Heller, C. (1869). Zur näheren Kenntis der in den süssen Gewässern des südlichen Europas vorkommenden Meerescrustaceen. <em>Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 19(1): 156–162. [details]
original description (of Coutierella Sollaud, 1914) Sollaud, E. (1914). Sur deux nouveaux palémonides, à développement condensé, vivant dans les eaux douces du Tonkin: <i>Leander mani</i> n. sp. et <i>Coutierella tonkinensis</i> n. g. n. sp. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 39: 314-324. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Holthuis, L.B.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (1993). Coastal Shrimps and Prawns. <em>Coastal Shrimps and Prawns.</em> 15. Second Edition. [details]
additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference De Grave, S.; Ashelby, C. W. (2013). A re-appraisal of the systematic status of selected genera in Palaemoninae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3734(3): 331-344., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3734.3.3 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Palaemonetes Heller, 1869) Heller, C. (1869). Zur näheren Kenntis der in den süssen Gewässern des südlichen Europas vorkommenden Meerescrustaceen. <em>Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 19(1): 156–162. [details]
original description (of Coutierella Sollaud, 1914) Sollaud, E. (1914). Sur deux nouveaux palémonides, à développement condensé, vivant dans les eaux douces du Tonkin: <i>Leander mani</i> n. sp. et <i>Coutierella tonkinensis</i> n. g. n. sp. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 39: 314-324. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Holthuis, L.B.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (1993). Coastal Shrimps and Prawns. <em>Coastal Shrimps and Prawns.</em> 15. Second Edition. [details]
additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference De Grave, S.; Ashelby, C. W. (2013). A re-appraisal of the systematic status of selected genera in Palaemoninae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3734(3): 331-344., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3734.3.3 [details] Available for editors





To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Exopalaemon Holthuis, 1950)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Palaemon)
To Genbank (from synonym Palaemonetes Heller, 1869)
To Genbank (from synonym Exopalaemon Holthuis, 1950)
To Genbank (from synonym Coutierella Sollaud, 1914)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093828)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Exopalaemon Holthuis, 1950)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Palaemon)
To Genbank (from synonym Palaemonetes Heller, 1869)
To Genbank (from synonym Exopalaemon Holthuis, 1950)
To Genbank (from synonym Coutierella Sollaud, 1914)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093828)
To ITIS