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Palaemon peruanus

Status not recordedcrustaceans

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

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Quick facts about Palaemon peruanus

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 peruanus live?

Not recorded

Is Palaemon peruanus 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 peruanus classified?

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

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Palaemon peruanus

Other species in the same genus Palaemon.

Baltic prawn

Palaemon adspersus

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Grass prawm

Palaemon elegans

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Lake prawn

Palaemon paucidens

PalaemonidaeNo free photo yet

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

Common questions

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What kind of animal is Palaemon peruanus?

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

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{palaemon_peruanus_2026,
  title = {Palaemon peruanus (Palaemon peruanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/palaemon-peruanus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}