Palaemon xiphias Posidonia prawn

Palaemon xiphiasis commonly referred to as Posidonia prawn. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 107617

Scientific:: Palaemon xiphias
German:: Seegras-Felsengarnele
English:: Posidonia Prawn

Category:: Shrimps

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Palaemon (Genus) > xiphias (Species)
Initial determination:: Risso, 1816

Occurrence:: Tunesien, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Madeira, Morocco, Northern Africa, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea
Size:: up to 2.76" (7 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C)
Food:: Algae, Amphipods, Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Clams, Copepods, Crustaceans, Cyclops, Detritus, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Mysis, Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Snails, Starfishs, Worms
Tank:: 11 gal (~ 50L)
Difficulty:: Easy
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Palaemon adspersus
Ostseegarnele
Palaemon concinnus
Palaemon debilis
Palaemon elegans
Kleine gewöhnliche Felsengarnele
Palaemon floridanus
Felsengarnele
Palaemon gravieri
Palaemon longirostris
Palaemon macrodactylus
Felsengarnele
Palaemon maculatus
Palaemon northropi
Palaemon ortmanni
Palaemon pacificus
Felsengarnele
Palaemon pandaliformis
Palaemon paucidens
Palaemon ritteri
Teppich-Felsengarnele, Streifen-Felsengarnele
Palaemon serratus
Sägegarnele, Gemeine Felsengarnele
Palaemon serrifer
Palaemon xiphias
Seegras-Felsengarnele

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-10-29 19:39:57
Last edit:: 2014-10-29 19:39:57

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Risso, 1816

Synonyms:
Palaemon crenulatus Risso, 1827
Palaemon sogiontii Monod, 1931
Palemon trisetaceus Risso, 1816
Palemon xiphias Risso, 1816

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

Scientific paper

Locomotor activity patterns and feeding habits in the prawnPalaemon xiphias(Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in Alfacs Bay, Ebro Delta (northwest Mediterranean), G. Guerao, 1995
Growth and Reproductive Biology of Palaemon xiphias Risso, 1816 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae), G. Guerao, J. Pérez-Baquera and C. Ribera, 1994
Movement dependent position changes of the antennular flagellum ofPalaemon xiphias(Risso), Axel Schoppmann, 1977

External links

DORIS (Données d'Observations pour la Reconnaissance et l'Identification de la faune et la flore Subaquatiques) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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