WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815

Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815
AphiaID: 106788

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Caridea (Infraorder) > Palaemonoidea (Superfamily)

Status

accepted

Record
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Rank

Family

Parent

Palaemonoidea

Sources

original description: Rafinesque C.S. [-Schmaltz] (1815). Analyse de la Nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés: 1-224. Palerme. [details]

basis of record: Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: De Grave, S. & C.H.J.M. Fransen. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zool. Med. Leiden 85(9): 30.ix.2011: 195-589 figs 1-59. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventaire et distribution des crustacés décapodes de l'Atlantique nord-oriental, de la Méditerranée et des eaux continentales adjacentes au nord de 25°N [Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N]. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names

Language	Name
Dutch	steurgarnalen	[details]
English	palaemonid shrimps	[details]

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Subfamily Palaemoninae Rafinesque, 1815

» Genus Arachnochium Wowor & Ng, 2010a

» Species Arachnochium kulsiense (Jayachandran, Lal Mohan & Raji, 2007)
» Species Arachnochium mirabilis (Kemp, 1917)

» Genus Brachycarpus Spence Bate, 1888

» Genus Coutierella Sollaud, 1914

» Species Coutierella tonkinensis Sollaud, 1914 represented as Coutierella tonkinensis tonkinensis Sollaud, 1914 (alternate representation)

» Subspecies Coutierella tonkinensis guangdongensis (Liu, Liang & Yan, 1990a)
» Subspecies Coutierella tonkinensis tonkinensis Sollaud, 1914

» Genus Creaseria Holthuis, 1950a

» Species Creaseria morleyi (Creaser, 1936)

» Genus Cryphiops Dana, 1852a

» Subgenus Cryphiops (Bithynops)

» Species Cryphiops (Bithynops) brasiliensis (Gomes Corrêa, 1973)
» Species Cryphiops (Bithynops) luscus (Holthuis, 1973)
» Species Cryphiops (Bithynops) perspicax (Holthuis, 1977)
» Species Cryphiops (Bithynops) sbordonii Baldari, Mejía-Ortiz & López-Mejía, 2010
» Species Cryphiops (Bithynops) villalobosi Villalobos Hiriart, Nates Rodriguez & Cantú Diaz Barriga, 1989

» Subgenus Cryphiops (Cryphiops)

» Species Cryphiops (Cryphiops) caementarius (Molina, 1782)

» Species Cryphiops brasiliensis Gomes Corrêa, 1973 accepted as Cryphiops (Bithynops) brasiliensis (Gomes Corrêa, 1973)
» Species Cryphiops spinuloso-manus Dana, 1852 accepted as Cryphiops (Cryphiops) caementarius (Molina, 1782)

» Genus Exopalaemon Holthuis, 1950a

» Genus Leander Desmarest, 1849

» Species Leander edwardsi

» Variety Leander edwardsi var. brevidigitata

» Forma Leander edwardsi var. brevidigitata f. similis Czerniavsky, 1884 accepted as Palaemon longirostris H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
» Forma Leander edwardsi var. brevidigitata f. simplicior Czerniavsky, 1884 accepted as Palaemon longirostris H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]

» Forma Leander edwardsi f. intermedia Czerniavsky, 1884 accepted as Palaemon longirostris H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
» Variety Leander edwardsi var. prototypa Czerniavsky, 1884 accepted as Palaemon longirostris H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]

» Species Leander kempi Holthuis, 1950
» Species Leander latreillianus

» Forma Leander latreillianus f. gigantea Czerniavsky, 1884 accepted as Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777)
» Forma Leander latreillianus f. transitans Czerniavsky, 1884 accepted as Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777)
» Forma Leander latreillianus f. typica Czerniavsky, 1884 accepted as Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777)
» Variety Leander latreillianus var. aberrans Czerniavsky, 1884 accepted as Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777)
» Variety Leander latreillianus var. intermedia Czerniavsky, 1884 accepted as Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777)

» Species Leander longirostris

» Variety Leander longirostris var. carinatus Ortmann, 1890 accepted as Exopalaemon carinicauda (Holthuis, 1950)
» Variety Leander longirostris var. japonicus Ortmann, 1890 accepted as Exopalaemon orientis (Holthuis, 1950)
» Variety Leander longirostris var. robusta De Man, 1924 accepted as Palaemon longirostris H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]

» Species Leander manningi Bruce, 2002
» Species Leander paulensis Ortmann, 1897
» Species Leander plumosus Bruce, 1994
» Species Leander rectirostris

» Variety Leander rectirostris var. transitans Czerniavsky, 1884 accepted as Palaemon adspersus Rathke, 1837

» Species Leander squilla

» Variety Leander squilla var. brevidigitata Czerniavsky, 1884 accepted as Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837
» Variety Leander squilla var. intermedia De Man, 1915b accepted as Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837
» Variety Leander squilla var. prototypa Czerniavsky, 1884 accepted as Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837

» Species Leander tenuicornis (Say, 1818)
» Species Leander distans Heller, 1862 (nomen dubium)
» Species Leander hammondii Kingsley, 1883 (nomen dubium)
» Species Leander indicus Heller, 1862 (nomen dubium)
» Species Leander potitinga Müller, 1892 accepted as Palaemon pandaliformis (Stimpson, 1871) (nomen nudum)
» Species Leander wieneckii Holthuis, 1950 accepted as Leandrites celebensis (De Man, 1881) (nomen nudum)
» Species Leander annandalei Kemp, 1917 accepted as Exopalaemon annandalei (Kemp, 1917)

» Variety Leander annandalei var. stylirostris Yu, 1930a accepted as Exopalaemon annandalei (Kemp, 1917)

» Species Leander beauforti Roux, 1923 accepted as Palaemon debilis Dana, 1852
» Species Leander belindae Kemp, 1925 accepted as Rhopalaemon belindae (Kemp, 1925)
» Species Leander brandti Czerniavsky, 1884 accepted as Palaemon adspersus Rathke, 1837
» Species Leander brasiliensis Ortmann, 1890 accepted as Palaemonetes argentinus Nobili, 1901
» Species Leander capensis De Man in Weber, 1897 accepted as Palaemon capensis (De Man in Weber, 1897)
» Species Leander celebensis De Man, 1881 accepted as Leandrites celebensis (De Man, 1881)
» Species Leander czerniavskyi Bražnikov, 1907 accepted as Exopalaemon modestus (Heller, 1862)

» Subspecies Leander czerniavskyi lacustris Buldovsky, 1933 accepted as Exopalaemon modestus (Heller, 1862)

» Variety Leander modestus var. sibirica Czerniavsky, 1878 accepted as Exopalaemon modestus (Heller, 1862) (nomen nudum)

» Variety Leander serrifer var. longidactylus Yu, 1930b (unaccepted, partim Palaemon macrodactylus, partim Palaemon serrifer)

» Species Leander sewelli Kemp, 1925 accepted as Palaemon sewelli (Kemp, 1925)
» Species Leander styliferus (H. Milne Edwards, 1840) accepted as Exopalaemon styliferus (H. Milne Edwards, 1840 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840])
» Species Leander tenuipes Henderson, 1893 accepted as Nematopalaemon tenuipes (Henderson, 1893)
» Species Leander urocaridella Holthuis, 1950 accepted as Urocaridella urocaridella (Holthuis, 1950)

» Genus Leandrites Holthuis, 1950a

» Species Leandrites celebensis (De Man, 1881)
» Species Leandrites deschampsi (Nobili, 1903)
» Species Leandrites indicus Holthuis, 1950
» Species Leandrites stenopus Holthuis, 1950
» Species Leandrites cyrtorhynchus Fujino & Miyake, 1969 accepted as Urocaridella antonbruunii (Bruce, 1967)
» Species Leandrites longipes Liu, Liang & Yan, 1990 accepted as Urocaridella antonbruunii (Bruce, 1967)

» Genus Leptocarpus Holthuis, 1950a

» Species Leptocarpus fluminicola (Kemp, 1917)
» Species Leptocarpus kempi Jayachandran, 1992
» Species Leptocarpus potamiscus (Kemp, 1917)

» Genus Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868a

» Species Macrobrachium acanthochirus Villalobos F., 1967
» Species Macrobrachium acanthurus (Wiegmann, 1836)

» Subspecies Macrobrachium acanthurus panamense Rathbun, 1912a accepted as Macrobrachium panamense Rathbun, 1912

» Subspecies Macrobrachium australiense crassum Riek, 1951 accepted as Macrobrachium australiense Holthuis, 1950
» Subspecies Macrobrachium australiense cristatum Riek, 1951 accepted as Macrobrachium australiense Holthuis, 1950
» Subspecies Macrobrachium australiense eupharum Riek, 1951 accepted as Macrobrachium australiense Holthuis, 1950

» Subspecies Macrobrachium faustinum lucifugum Holthuis, 1974 accepted as Macrobrachium lucifugum Holthuis, 1974

» Subspecies Macrobrachium rosenbergii schenkeli Johnson, 1973 accepted as Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man, 1879)

» Subspecies Macrobrachium adscitum adscitum Riek, 1951 accepted as Macrobrachium australiense Holthuis, 1950

» Species Macrobrachium altifrons (Henderson, 1893) represented as Macrobrachium altifrons altifrons (Henderson, 1893) (alternate representation)

» Subspecies Macrobrachium altifrons altifrons (Henderson, 1893)
» Subspecies Macrobrachium altifrons ranjhai Tiwari, 1964a

» Species Macrobrachium assamense (Tiwari, 1958) represented as Macrobrachium assamense assamense (Tiwari, 1958) (alternate representation)

» Subspecies Macrobrachium assamense assamense (Tiwari, 1958)
» Subspecies Macrobrachium assamense peninsulare (Tiwari, 1958)

» Species Macrobrachium atactum Riek, 1951 represented as Macrobrachium atactum atactum Riek, 1951 (alternate representation)

» Subspecies Macrobrachium atactum atactum Riek, 1951 accepted as Macrobrachium australiense Holthuis, 1950
» Subspecies Macrobrachium atactum ischnomorphum Riek, 1951 accepted as Macrobrachium australiense Holthuis, 1950
» Subspecies Macrobrachium atactum sobrinum Riek, 1951 accepted as Macrobrachium australiense Holthuis, 1950

» Species Macrobrachium idella (Hilgendorf, 1898) represented as Macrobrachium idella idella (Hilgendorf, 1898) (alternate representation)

» Subspecies Macrobrachium idella georgii Jayachandran & Joseph, 1985a
» Subspecies Macrobrachium idella idella (Hilgendorf, 1898)

» Species Macrobrachium lamarrei (H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]) represented as Macrobrachium lamarrei lamarrei (H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]) (alternate representation)

» Subspecies Macrobrachium lamarrei lamarrei (H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840])
» Subspecies Macrobrachium lamarrei lamarroides (Tiwari, 1952)

» Species Macrobrachium malcolmsonii (H. Milne Edwards, 1844) represented as Macrobrachium malcolmsonii malcolmsonii (H. Milne Edwards, 1844) (alternate representation)

» Subspecies Macrobrachium malcolmsonii kotreeanum Johnson, 1973
» Subspecies Macrobrachium malcolmsonii malcolmsonii (H. Milne Edwards, 1844)

» Genus Nematopalaemon Holthuis, 1950a

» Species Nematopalaemon colombiensis (Squires & Mora L., 1971)
» Species Nematopalaemon hastatus (Aurivillius, 1898)
» Species Nematopalaemon karnafuliensis (Ali Azam Khan, Fincham & Mahmood, 1980)
» Species Nematopalaemon schmitti (Holthuis, 1950)
» Species Nematopalaemon tenuipes (Henderson, 1893)

» Genus Neopalaemon H.H.Jr. Hobbs, 1973b

» Species Neopalaemon nahuatlus H.H.Jr. Hobbs, 1973

» Genus Palaemon Weber, 1795

» Subgenus Palaemon (Eupalaemon)

» Species Palaemon (Eupalaemon) idae

» Variety Palaemon (Eupalaemon) idae var. idella Hilgendorf, 1898 accepted as Macrobrachium idella idella (Hilgendorf, 1898)
» Variety Palaemon (Eupalaemon) idae var. subinermis Nobili, 1899 accepted as Macrobrachium idae (Heller, 1862)

» Species Palaemon (Eupalaemon) sundaicus

» Variety Palaemon (Eupalaemon) sundaicus var. baramensis De Man, 1902 accepted as Macrobrachium equidens (Dana, 1852)
» Variety Palaemon (Eupalaemon) sundaicus var. brachydactyla Nobili, 1899 accepted as Macrobrachium equidens (Dana, 1852)

» Species Palaemon (Eupalaemon) cognatus Roux, 1927 (nomen dubium)
» Species Palaemon (Eupalaemon) acanthosoma Nobili, 1899 accepted as Macrobrachium equidens (Dana, 1852)
» Species Palaemon (Eupalaemon) alcocki Nobili, 1903 accepted as Macrobrachium rude (Heller, 1862)
» Species Palaemon (Eupalaemon) dux Lenz, 1910 accepted as Macrobrachium dux (Lenz, 1910)

» Variety Palaemon (Eupalaemon) dux var. congoensis De Man, 1912a accepted as Macrobrachium dux (Lenz, 1910)
» Variety Palaemon (Eupalaemon) dux var. tenuicarpus De Man, 1925 accepted as Macrobrachium dux (Lenz, 1910)

» Subgenus Palaemon (Exopalaemon)

» Species Palaemon (Exopalaemon) carinicauda Holthuis, 1950 accepted as Exopalaemon carinicauda (Holthuis, 1950)
» Species Palaemon (Exopalaemon) orientis Holthuis, 1950 accepted as Exopalaemon orientis (Holthuis, 1950)

» Subgenus Palaemon (Leander)

» Species Palaemon (Leander) fluviatilis Thomson, 1879 accepted as Paratya curvirostris (Heller, 1862)
» Species Palaemon (Leander) hastatus Aurivillius, 1898 accepted as Nematopalaemon hastatus (Aurivillius, 1898)

» Subgenus Palaemon (Palaemon)

» Species Palaemon (Palaemon) paivai Fausto Filho, 1967 accepted as Palaemon paivai Fausto Filho, 1967
» Species Palaemon (Palaemon) yamashitai Fujino & Miyake, 1970 accepted as Palaemon yamashitai Fujino & Miyake, 1970

» Subgenus Palaemon (Parapalaemon)

» Species Palaemon (Parapalaemon) stresemanni Roux, 1918 (nomen dubium)
» Species Palaemon (Parapalaemon) aemulus Nobili, 1906 accepted as Macrobrachium aemulum (Nobili, 1906)
» Species Palaemon (Parapalaemon) hainanense Parisi, 1919 accepted as Macrobrachium hainanense (Parisi, 1919)
» Species Palaemon (Parapalaemon) hendersoni De Man, 1906 accepted as Macrobrachium hendersoni (De Man, 1906)
» Species Palaemon (Parapalaemon) horstii De Man, 1892 accepted as Macrobrachium horstii (De Man, 1892)

» Subspecies Palaemon (Parapalaemon) horstii brevidigitus Roux, 1930 accepted as Macrobrachium horstii (De Man, 1892)

» Species Palaemon (Parapalaemon) insularis Parisi, 1919 accepted as Macrobrachium insulare (Parisi, 1919)
» Species Palaemon (Parapalaemon) lorentzi Roux, 1921 accepted as Macrobrachium lorentzi (Roux, 1921)
» Species Palaemon (Parapalaemon) modestus De Man, 1892 accepted as Macrobrachium gracilirostre (Miers, 1875)

» Subspecies Palaemon (Parapalaemon) modestus brevimanus Roux, 1934a accepted as Macrobrachium gracilirostre (Miers, 1875)

» Species Palaemon (Parapalaemon) patsa Coutière, 1899 accepted as Macrobrachium patsa (Coutière, 1899)
» Species Palaemon (Parapalaemon) thienemanni Roux, 1932 accepted as Macrobrachium sundaicum (Heller, 1862)
» Species Palaemon (Parapalaemon) trompi accepted as Palaemon (Parapalaemon) trompii De Man, 1898

» Subspecies Palaemon (Parapalaemon) trompi armatus Roux, 1936 accepted as Macrobrachium sundaicum (Heller, 1862)

» Species Palaemon (Parapalaemon) trompii De Man, 1898 accepted as Macrobrachium sundaicum (Heller, 1862)

» Species Palaemon adspersus Rathke, 1837
» Species Palaemon affinis H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
» Species Palaemon brevicarpus

» Variety Palaemon brevicarpus var. heterochirus Yü, 1936 accepted as Macrobrachium yui Holthuis, 1950

» Genus Palaemonetes Heller, 1869
» Genus Palemon
» Genus Pseudopalaemon Sollaud, 1911c
» Genus Rhopalaemon Ashelby & De Grave, 2010
» Genus Tenuipedium Wowor & Ng, 2010a
» Genus Troglindicus Sankolli & Shenoy, 1979
» Genus Troglocubanus Holthuis, 1949c
» Genus Troglomexicanus Villalobos, Alvarez & Iliffe, 1999
» Genus Urocaridella Borradaile, 1915b
» Genus Alaocaris Holthuis, 1949c accepted as Palaemonetes Heller, 1869
» Genus Allobrachium Jayachandran, 2001 (unaccepted, unavailable name under Art. 13.3)
» Genus Allocaris Sollaud, 1911b accepted as Palaemonetes Heller, 1869
» Genus Ancylocaris Schenkel, 1902 accepted as Periclimenes O.G. Costa, 1844a
» Genus Bithynis Philippi, 1860 accepted as Cryphiops Dana, 1852a
» Genus Bithynops Holthuis, 1973b accepted as Cryphiops Dana, 1852a
» Genus Calmania Nobili, 1907 accepted as Brachycarpus Spence Bate, 1888
» Genus Cristiger Borradaile, 1915b accepted as Periclimenes O.G. Costa, 1844a
» Genus Cryptoleander Gurney & Lebour, 1941 accepted as Leander Desmarest, 1849
» Genus Eupalaemon Ortmann, 1891 accepted as Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868a
» Genus Kemponia Bruce, 2004b accepted as Cuapetes Clark, 1919
» Genus Macroterocheir Stebbing, 1908 accepted as Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868a
» Genus Palaeander Holthuis, 1950a accepted as Palaemon Weber, 1795
» Genus Palaemon Fabricius, 1798 accepted as Palaemon Weber, 1795
» Genus Palaemonopsis Stimpson, 1871 accepted as Palaemonetes Heller, 1869
» Genus Parapalaemon Ortmann, 1891 accepted as Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868a
» Genus Retrocaris Ortmann, 1893 accepted as Brachycarpus Spence Bate, 1888

Subfamily Pontoniinae Kingsley, 1879

Environment

marine

Feedingtype

omnivore [details]

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