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Baltic prawn

Palaemon adspersus Rathke, 1837

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The baltic prawn (Palaemon adspersus) is a species in the family Palaemonidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the baltic prawn

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
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 baltic prawn live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the baltic prawn as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Kazakhstan

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 baltic prawn 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 baltic prawn classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPalaemonidae
  6. genusPalaemon
  7. SpeciesPalaemon adspersus Rathke, 1837

Synonyms Astacus squilla, Cancer squilla, Leander adspersus, Leander brandti, Leander edwardsi f. intermedia, Leander rectirostris, Leander rectirostris transitans, Leander rectirostris tyicae, Leander rectirostris var. transitans, Leander squilla, Leander squilla typica, Palaemon brandti, Palaemon communis, Palaemon fabricii, Palaemon foliirostris, Palaemon imbellis, Palaemon leachii, Palaemon rectirostris, Palaemon rectirostris octodentata, Palaemon rectirostris var. octodentatus, Palaemon squilla, Palemon squilla

Other names and names in other languages (24)
  • Cheor-kovegetBreton
  • roskilderejeDanish
  • OstseegarneleGerman
  • Γαριδάκι ΒαλτικήςGreek
  • Camarón bálticoSpanish
  • Läänemere krevettEstonian
  • leväkatkarapuFinnish
  • bouquet balteFrench
  • Baltička kozicaCroatian
  • Gamberetto di lagunaItalian
  • Europinė žolinė krevetėLithuanian
  • strandrekeNorwegian Bokmål
  • roodsprietgarnaalDutch
  • krewetka bałtyckaPolish
  • палемон крапчатыйRussian
  • vanlig tångräkaSwedish
  • 波羅的海蝦Chinese
  • FjordrejeDanish
  • Baltische FelsgarneleGerman
  • Bouquet balte (Le)French
  • Crevette balteFrench
  • Черноморская травяная креветкаRussian
  • långfingrad tångräkaSwedish
  • tångräkaSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the baltic prawn

Other species in the same genus Palaemon.

Grass prawm

Palaemon elegans

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Lake prawn

Palaemon paucidens

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the baltic prawn an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the baltic prawn as introduced in 1 country: Kazakhstan, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the baltic prawn?

The baltic prawn (Palaemon adspersus) 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). Baltic prawn (Palaemon adspersus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/baltic-prawn

MLA

“Baltic prawn (Palaemon adspersus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/baltic-prawn.

BibTeX
@misc{baltic_prawn_2026,
  title = {Baltic prawn (Palaemon adspersus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/baltic-prawn},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}