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Grass prawm

Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The grass prawm (Palaemon elegans) is a species in the family Palaemonidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the grass prawm

Weight
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Length
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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 grass prawm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the grass prawm as introduced in 5 countries.

  1. Estonia
  2. Kazakhstan
  3. Poland
  4. Turkmenistan
  5. United States

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 grass prawm 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 grass prawm classified?

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

Synonyms Hippolyte squilla, Leander squilla, Leander squilla brevidigitata, Leander squilla elegans, Leander squilla intermedia, Leander squilla prototypa, Leander squilla var. brevidigitata, Leander squilla var. intermedia, Leander squilla var. prototypa, Palaemon minans, Palaemonella gracilis

Other names and names in other languages (42)
  • Rockpool prawnEnglish
  • Rockpool shrimpEnglish
  • قريدس حوض الصخورArabic
  • esguila les pocesAsturian
  • Cheor-goumonBreton
  • gambetaCatalan
  • kreveta prosvítaváCzech
  • SteingarneleGerman
  • Γαριδάκι βράχωνGreek
  • quisquillaSpanish
  • Elegantne garneelEstonian
  • sirokatkarapuFinnish
  • bouquetFrench
  • קפצן מצויHebrew
  • Kamena kozicaCroatian
  • Fűrészes GarnélaHungarian
  • Gamberetto di portoItalian
  • Mėlynžnyplė krevetėLithuanian
  • Akmeņu garneleLatvian
  • stripestrandrekeNorwegian Bokmål
  • gewone steurkrabDutch
  • stripet strandrekeNorwegian Nynorsk
  • krewetka eleganckaPolish
  • Camarão-da-costaPortuguese
  • Креветка каменнаяRussian
  • karkaleci i qelqtëAlbanian
  • elegant tångräkaSwedish
  • 岩蝦Chinese
  • kleine FelsengarneleGerman
  • Kleine FelsgarneleGerman
  • Camarón de pozaSpanish
  • Bouquet de flaqueFrench
  • crevette roseFrench
  • Petite crevette roseFrench
  • Kameni plivačCroatian
  • Gamberetto delle pozze roccioseItalian
  • Dailioji žolinė krevetėLithuanian
  • gewone steurgarnaalDutch
  • Sierlijke steurgarnaalDutch
  • Krewetka atlantyckaPolish
  • Палемон элегантныйRussian
  • kortfingrad tångräkaSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the grass prawm

Other species in the same genus Palaemon.

Baltic prawn

Palaemon adspersus

PalaemonidaeNo free photo yet

Lake prawn

Palaemon paucidens

PalaemonidaeNo free photo yet

CompareGrass prawm vs Common prawnGrass prawm vs Baltic prawnGrass prawm vs Mangrove prawnGrass prawm vs Indian bait prawn

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the grass prawm an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the grass prawm as introduced in 5 countries: Estonia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Turkmenistan and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the grass prawm?

The grass prawm (Palaemon elegans) belongs to the family Palaemonidae in the order Decapoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Grass prawm (Palaemon elegans). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/grass-prawm

MLA

“Grass prawm (Palaemon elegans).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/grass-prawm.

BibTeX
@misc{grass_prawm_2026,
  title = {Grass prawm (Palaemon elegans)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/grass-prawm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}