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Common Prawn

Crustaceans

The common prawn, Palaemon serratus, first described by Thomas Pennant in 1777, is a shrimp of the family Palaemonidae and the largest native shrimp or prawn species found around the British Isles, reaching about 100 millimeters in length. It has a curved rostrum that splits at the tip, with 6 to 7 teeth along its upper edge and 4 to 5 on the lower edge, and a pinkish brown body marked with reddish patterns. It ranges across the Atlantic from Denmark to Mauritania and through the Mediterranean and Black Seas, living in groups in rocky crevices to depths of about 40 meters, typically surviving 3 to 5 years with populations peaking in autumn.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Omnivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 3
Scientific Name
Palaemon serratus 3
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 5
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Decapoda, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Common Prawn

In Biome

Marine, Biomes
Source Wikipedia: Palaemon serratus
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Found In

Belgium

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Denmark

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France

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Galicia

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Greece

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Iceland

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Ireland

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Israel

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Libya

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Mauritania

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Morocco

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Netherlands

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Spain

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United Kingdom

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Sources
1. SeaLifeBase: Palaemon serratus summary
SeaLifeBaseBiology
Quote, Biology
Omnivorous, feeding on seaweeds and small crustaceans (Ref. 434 ).
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. Wikipedia: Palaemon serratus
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata Q2103330 (P225 taxon name)
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 343873
    A small commercial fishery exists for P. serratus on the west coast of Great Britain, chiefly in West Wales (Cemaes Head to the Llŷn Peninsula), but extending increasingly far north to include parts o
  • In Biome: Marine, Lead section
    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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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Animalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Animals","language":"EN"},{"name":"Fauna","language":"EN"},{"name":"Animaux","language":"FR"}],"cites_listings":[]
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5. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Palaemon serratus
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2224987, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 2224987, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Wikidata: Common Prawn
Child Taxon Of: Decapoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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