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Gladiator prawn

Palaemon ortmanni M. J. Rathbun, 1902

Status not recordedcrustaceans

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

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Quick facts about the gladiator 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 gladiator prawn live?

Not recorded

Is the gladiator 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 gladiator prawn classified?

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

Synonyms Leander longipes, Leander longirostris, Palaemon ortmanni

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Gladiator-FelsgarneleGerman
  • Camarón gladiadorSpanish
  • Bouquet gladiateurFrench
  • アシナガスジエビJapanese
  • 긴발줄새우Korean
  • 敖氏長臂蝦Chinese
  • Gladiator-FelsengarneleGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the gladiator 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

CompareGladiator prawn vs Common prawnGladiator prawn vs Baltic prawnGladiator prawn vs Grass prawmGladiator prawn vs Mangrove prawn

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the gladiator prawn?

The gladiator prawn (Palaemon ortmanni) belongs to the family Palaemonidae in the order Decapoda.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Gladiator prawn (Palaemon ortmanni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gladiator-prawn

MLA

“Gladiator prawn (Palaemon ortmanni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/gladiator-prawn.

BibTeX
@misc{gladiator_prawn_2026,
  title = {Gladiator prawn (Palaemon ortmanni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gladiator-prawn},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}