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Glass prawn

Palaemon xiphias Risso, 1816

Status not recordedcrustaceans

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

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Quick facts about the glass 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 glass prawn live?

Not recorded

Is the glass 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 glass prawn classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPalaemonidae
  6. genusPalaemon
  7. SpeciesPalaemon xiphias Risso, 1816

Synonyms Leander xiphias, Palaemon crenulatus, Palaemon sogiontii, Palemon crenulatus, Palemon trisetaceus, Palemon xiphias

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Posidonia prawnEnglish
  • gambeta de la posidòniaCatalan
  • SchwertgarneleGerman
  • Γαριδάκι φυκιώνGreek
  • Camarón posidoniaSpanish
  • Bouquet posidonieFrench
  • gamberetto della posidoniaItalian
  • Seegras-FelsengarneleGerman
  • camarón de la posidoniaSpanish
  • bouquet des posidoniesFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the glass 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

CompareGlass prawn vs Common prawnGlass prawn vs Baltic prawnGlass prawn vs Grass prawmGlass prawn vs Mangrove prawn

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the glass prawn?

The glass prawn (Palaemon xiphias) 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). Glass prawn (Palaemon xiphias). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/glass-prawn

MLA

“Glass prawn (Palaemon xiphias).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/glass-prawn.

BibTeX
@misc{glass_prawn_2026,
  title = {Glass prawn (Palaemon xiphias)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/glass-prawn},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}