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Ridgetail prawn

Palaemon carinicauda Holthuis, 1950

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The ridgetail prawn (Palaemon carinicauda) is a species in the family Palaemonidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the ridgetail prawn

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 ridgetail prawn live?

Not recorded

Is the ridgetail prawn 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 ridgetail prawn classified?

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

Synonyms Exopalaemon carinicauda, Leander carinatus, Leander longirostris carinatus, Leander longirostris carinicauda, Leander longirostris var. carinatus, Leander styliferous var. carinatus, Palaemon carinatus, Palaemon carinicauda

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Camarón quillaSpanish
  • Bouquet quilleFrench
  • 밀새우Korean

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ridgetail prawn

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

CompareRidgetail prawn vs Common prawnRidgetail prawn vs Baltic prawnRidgetail prawn vs Grass prawmRidgetail prawn vs Mangrove prawn

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the ridgetail prawn?

The ridgetail prawn (Palaemon carinicauda) 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). Ridgetail prawn (Palaemon carinicauda). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ridgetail-prawn

MLA

“Ridgetail prawn (Palaemon carinicauda).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ridgetail-prawn.

BibTeX
@misc{ridgetail_prawn_2026,
  title = {Ridgetail prawn (Palaemon carinicauda)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ridgetail-prawn},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}