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Asian shrimp

Palaemon macrodactylus M. J. Rathbun, 1902

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The Asian shrimp (Palaemon macrodactylus) is a species in the family Palaemonidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the Asian shrimp

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the Asian shrimp live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the Asian shrimp as introduced in 15 countries, and flagged as invasive in 3 of them.

  1. Australiainvasive
  2. Franceinvasive
  3. Romaniainvasive
  4. Argentina
  5. Azerbaijan
  6. Belgium
  7. Bulgaria
  8. China
  9. Germany
  10. Italy
  11. Poland
  12. Portugal
  13. Spain
  14. United Kingdom
  15. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the Asian shrimp endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the Asian shrimp classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPalaemonidae
  6. genusPalaemon
  7. SpeciesPalaemon macrodactylus M. J. Rathbun, 1902

Synonyms Leander macrodactylus, Leander serrifer longidactylus, Leander serrifer var. longidactylus, Palaemon longidactylus

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Migrant prawnEnglish
  • Oriental grass shrimpEnglish
  • Oriental prawnEnglish
  • Oriental shrimpEnglish
  • Wander-FelsgarneleGerman
  • Camarón emigranteSpanish
  • Bouquet migrateurFrench
  • ユビナガスジエビ[フトユビスジエビ]Japanese
  • 붉은줄참새우Korean
  • rugstreepsteurgarnaalDutch
  • storklotångräkaSwedish
  • 巨指長臂蝦Chinese
  • Wander-FelsengarneleGerman
  • crevette à grandes pincesFrench
  • Crevette à gros doigtsFrench
  • フトユビスジエビJapanese
  • ユビナガスジエビJapanese
  • Rugstreep-steurgarnaalDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the Asian shrimp

Other species in the same genus Palaemon.

Baltic prawn

Palaemon adspersus

PalaemonidaeNo free photo yet

Grass prawm

Palaemon elegans

PalaemonidaeNo free photo yet

Lake prawn

Palaemon paucidens

PalaemonidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the Asian shrimp an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the Asian shrimp as invasive in 3 countries: Australia, France and Romania. It lists it as introduced in 15 in all.

What kind of animal is the Asian shrimp?

The Asian shrimp (Palaemon macrodactylus) belongs to the family Palaemonidae in the order Decapoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Asian shrimp (Palaemon macrodactylus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/asian-shrimp

MLA

“Asian shrimp (Palaemon macrodactylus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/asian-shrimp.

BibTeX
@misc{asian_shrimp_2026,
  title = {Asian shrimp (Palaemon macrodactylus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/asian-shrimp},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}