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Carpenter prawn

Palaemon serrifer (Stimpson, 1860)

Status not recordedcrustaceans

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

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Quick facts about the carpenter 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 carpenter prawn live?

Not recorded

Is the carpenter 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 carpenter prawn classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPalaemonidae
  6. genusPalaemon
  7. SpeciesPalaemon serrifer (Stimpson, 1860)

Synonyms Leander fagei, Leander serrifer, Palaemon serrifer

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Camarón carpinteroSpanish
  • Bouquet charpentierFrench
  • スジエビモドキJapanese
  • 줄새우아재비Korean
  • 鋸齒長臂蝦Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the carpenter prawn

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

CompareCarpenter prawn vs Common prawnCarpenter prawn vs Baltic prawnCarpenter prawn vs Grass prawmCarpenter prawn vs Mangrove prawn

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the carpenter prawn?

The carpenter prawn (Palaemon serrifer) 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). Carpenter prawn (Palaemon serrifer). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/carpenter-prawn

MLA

“Carpenter prawn (Palaemon serrifer).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/carpenter-prawn.

BibTeX
@misc{carpenter_prawn_2026,
  title = {Carpenter prawn (Palaemon serrifer)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/carpenter-prawn},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}