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Cipango prawn

Palaemon annandalei (Kemp, 1917)

Status not recordedcrustaceans

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

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Quick facts about the cipango 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 cipango prawn live?

Not recorded

Is the cipango 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 cipango prawn classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPalaemonidae
  6. genusPalaemon
  7. SpeciesPalaemon annandalei (Kemp, 1917)

Synonyms Exopalaemon annandalei, Leander annandalei, Leander annandalei stylirostris, Leander annandalei var. stylirostris, Leander stylirostris, Palaemon annandalei

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Camarón cipangoSpanish
  • Bouquet cipangoFrench
  • 실다리밀새우Korean

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cipango 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

CompareCipango prawn vs Common prawnCipango prawn vs Baltic prawnCipango prawn vs Grass prawmCipango prawn vs Mangrove prawn

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the cipango prawn?

The cipango prawn (Palaemon annandalei) 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). Cipango prawn (Palaemon annandalei). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cipango-prawn

MLA

“Cipango prawn (Palaemon annandalei).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cipango-prawn.

BibTeX
@misc{cipango_prawn_2026,
  title = {Cipango prawn (Palaemon annandalei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cipango-prawn},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}