Species list, Checklist of Family Palaemonidae (Palaemonid Shrimps) for North Sea (Atlantic Ocean)

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Checklist for Family Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Palaemonid Shrimps)
and region North Sea (Atlantic Ocean)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	106 190 330	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	105 189 329	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	46 85 158	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	45 83 155	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	44 82 154	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Caridea Dana, 1852 Caridean shrimps	8 20 36	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Palaemonoidea Rafinesque, 1815	1 3 8	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 Palaemonid Shrimps	3 8	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for North Sea
3 Genera with 8 Species

Macrobrachium Bate, 1758	Long-clawed freshwater prawns	1	Species	Taxom
Palaemon Weber, 1814		6	Species	Taxom
Palaemonetes Heller, 1813		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for North Sea
8 Species

Macrobrachium carcinus Linnaeus, 1758	Bigclaw river shrimp
Palaemon (Leander) longirostris H. Milne Edw..., 1837	Delta Prawn
Palaemon (Palaeander) elegans Rathke, 1837	Glass Prawn
Palaemon adspersus Rathke, 1837	Baltic prawn
Palaemon macrodactylus Rathbun, 1902	Migrant Prawn
Palaemon serratus Pennant, 1777	Common prawn
Palaemon varians (Leach, 1814)	⇒ Palaemonetes varians Leach, 1813
Palaemonetes varians Leach, 1813	Atlantic ditch shrimp

Subnodes of Palaemonidae with occurrences in North Sea

Subfamily

Palaemoninae
Rafinesque, 1815

3
8

Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Palaemonidae at artfakta.se
Palaemonidae at biodiversity.org.au
Palaemonidae at dyntaxa.se
Palaemonidae at gbif.org
Palaemonidae at irmng.org
Palaemonidae at itis.gov
Palaemonidae at marinespecies.org