Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Caridea > Superfamily Palaemonoidea > Family Palaemonidae

Palaemon Weber, 1795

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Palaemonetes*	Heller, 1869	synonym
*Palemon*	Weber, 1795	synonym

Children

Palaemon adspersus Rathke, 1836
Palaemon antennarius H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1836
Palaemon longirostris H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Palaemon macrodactylus Rathbun, 1902
Palaemon mesogenitor (Sollaud, 1912)
Palaemon mesopotamicus (Pesta, 1913)
Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777)
Palaemon turcorum (Holthuis, 1961)
Palaemon varians Leach, 1814
Palaemon xiphias Risso, 1816
Palaemon zariquieyi (Sollaud, 1938)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: スジエビ属

Literature

original description	Weber, F. (1795). Nomenclator entomologicus secundum Entomologiam systematicum ill. Fabricii adjectis speciebus recens detectis et varietatibus. i-viii, 1-171. Chilonii et Hamburgii.
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
additional source	De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85(9): 195-589.
additional source	Holthuis, L.B.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (1993). Coastal Shrimps and Prawns. Coastal Shrimps and Prawns. 15. Second Edition.
new combination reference	De Grave, S.; Ashelby, C. W. (2013). A re-appraisal of the systematic status of selected genera in Palaemoninae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae). Zootaxa. 3734(3): 331-344.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Palaemon Weber, 1795. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107032