| Palaemon elegans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Palaemon |
| Species: | P. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Palaemon elegans Martin Rathke, 1837
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Palaemon elegans sometimes known by the common name rockpool shrimp, is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae. It is native to the eastern North Atlantic (including Macaronesia), the Baltic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, and introduced in the Caspian and Aral seas. It is similar to three other members of the genus Palaemon: Palaemon serratus, Palaemon longirostris and Palaemon adspersus, and has displaced or replaced populations of Palaemon adspersus in some locations.[1][2] It is considered an invasive species in parts of the United States.[3]
- ^ "Palaemon elegans (rock shrimp)". CABI. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ Neal, Ken (17 April 2008). "A prawn (Palaemon elegans)". MarLIN. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Palaemon elegans: European rock shrimp" (PDF). Salem Sound Coastwatch. Retrieved 29 June 2016.