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Palaemon mortuus

Status not recordedcrustaceansExtinct

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

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Quick facts about Palaemon mortuus

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 mortuus live?

Not recorded

Is Palaemon mortuus 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 mortuus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPalaemonidae
  6. genusPalaemon
  7. SpeciesPalaemon mortuus Smirnov, 1929

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Palaemon mortuus

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

Common questions

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What kind of animal is Palaemon mortuus?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{palaemon_mortuus_2026,
  title = {Palaemon mortuus (Palaemon mortuus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/palaemon-mortuus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}