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Palaemon leucurus

Status not recordedcrustaceans

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

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Quick facts about Palaemon leucurus

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 leucurus live?

Not recorded

Is Palaemon leucurus 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 leucurus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPalaemonidae
  6. genusPalaemon
  7. SpeciesPalaemon leucurus Ashelby, De Grave & Nguyen, 2018

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Palaemon leucurus

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 leucurus vs Common prawnPalaemon leucurus vs Baltic prawnPalaemon leucurus vs Grass prawmPalaemon leucurus vs Mangrove prawn

Common questions

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What kind of animal is Palaemon leucurus?

Palaemon leucurus (Palaemon leucurus) belongs to the family Palaemonidae in the order Decapoda.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Palaemon leucurus (Palaemon leucurus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/palaemon-leucurus

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{palaemon_leucurus_2026,
  title = {Palaemon leucurus (Palaemon leucurus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/palaemon-leucurus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}