Palaemon serratus

Tags: Crustacean.

Palaemon serratus also called the common prawn is a species of shrimp found in the Atlantic Ocean from Denmark to Mauritania and in the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea.

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binomial authority

Thomas Pennant

class

Malacostraca

family

Palaemonidae

genus

Palaemon (genus)

kingdom

Animal

order

Decapoda, Caridea

phylum

Arthropod, Crustacean

synonym

*Astacus serratus (Pennant 1777), *Cancer captivus (Nardo 1847), *Leander latreillianus (Czerniavsky 1884), *Leander serratus (Sharp 1893), *Leander treillianus (Adensamer 1898), *Melicerta triliana (Risso 1816), *Palaemon oratelli (Monod 1931), *Palaemon punctulatus (Risso 1844), *Palaemon rostratus (Gimenez 1922), *Palaemon treillianus (H. Milne-Edwards 1837), *Palaemon trilianus (Risso 1816), *Palaemon trillianus (Risso 1816)