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 > Genus Palaemon

Palaemon xiphias Risso, 1816

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Palaemon*	Weber, 1795	accepted genus name
*Palaemonetes*	Heller, 1869	synonym
*Palemon*	Weber, 1795	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: gambeta de la posidònia sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: glass prawn; posidonia prawn sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: bouquet des posidonies sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Schwertgarnele; Seegras-Felsengarnele sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Γαριδάκι φυκιών sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: gamberetto della posidonia sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Spanish, Castillian: camarón de la posidonia

Literature

original description	Risso, A. (1816). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice. [Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice.]. Librairie Grecque-Latine-Allemande, Paris. 175 pp., pls. 1-3.
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	González-Ortegón, E.; Cuesta, J.A. (2006). An illustrated key to species of Palaemon and Palaemonetes (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from European waters, including the alien species Palaemon macrodactylus. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 86(1): 93-102

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Palaemon xiphias Risso, 1816. 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:107617