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Palaemon hancocki

Status not recordedcrustaceans

Palaemon hancocki is a species in the family Palaemonidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about Palaemon hancocki

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 Palaemon hancocki live?

Not recorded

Is Palaemon hancocki 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 Palaemon hancocki classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPalaemonidae
  6. genusPalaemon
  7. SpeciesPalaemon hancocki Holthuis, 1950

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Palaemon hancocki

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

ComparePalaemon hancocki vs Common prawnPalaemon hancocki vs Baltic prawnPalaemon hancocki vs Grass prawmPalaemon hancocki vs Mangrove prawn

Common questions

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What kind of animal is Palaemon hancocki?

Palaemon hancocki (Palaemon hancocki) 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). Palaemon hancocki (Palaemon hancocki). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/palaemon-hancocki

MLA

“Palaemon hancocki (Palaemon hancocki).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/palaemon-hancocki.

BibTeX
@misc{palaemon_hancocki_2026,
  title = {Palaemon hancocki (Palaemon hancocki)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/palaemon-hancocki},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}