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Sand shrimp

Palaemon peringueyi (Stebbing, 1915)

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The sand shrimp (Palaemon peringueyi) is a species in the family Palaemonidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the sand shrimp

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 sand shrimp live?

Not recorded

Is the sand shrimp 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 sand shrimp classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPalaemonidae
  6. genusPalaemon
  7. SpeciesPalaemon peringueyi (Stebbing, 1915)

Synonyms Leander gilchristi, Leander peringueyi

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • SandgarnaalAfrikaans

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sand shrimp

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

CompareSand shrimp vs Common prawnSand shrimp vs Baltic prawnSand shrimp vs Grass prawmSand shrimp vs Mangrove prawn

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the sand shrimp?

The sand shrimp (Palaemon peringueyi) 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). Sand shrimp (Palaemon peringueyi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/palaemon-peringueyi

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{palaemon_peringueyi_2026,
  title = {Sand shrimp (Palaemon peringueyi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/palaemon-peringueyi},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}