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<i>Palaemon</i> (crustacean)

Palaemon (crustacean)

Genus of crustaceans

Palaemon is a genus of caridean shrimp in the family Palaemonidae.[2]

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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

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


References

  1. [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. [2]
    "Palaemon Weber, 1795". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  3. [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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