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Palaemon elegans  Rathke, 1837
Taxonomic Serial No.: 96466

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Palaemon minans Norman, 1861
  
    Palaemonella gracilis Paul'son, 1875
  
    Leander squilla prototypa Czerniavsky, 1884
  
    Leander squilla brevidigitata Czerniavsky, 1884
  
    Leander squilla intermedia De Man, 1915
  
    Leander squilla elegans (Rathke, 1837)
  
  Common Name(s): rockpool prawn [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                      SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                         SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri  
                            OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards  
                               SuborderPleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963  
                                  InfraorderCaridea Dana, 1852  
                                     SuperfamilyPalaemonoidea Rafinesque, 1815  
                                        FamilyPalaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815  
                                           GenusPalaemon Weber, 1795  
                                              SpeciesPalaemon elegans Rathke, 1837 – rockpool prawn  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Palaemon elegans   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): De Grave, Sammy, and C. H. J. M. Fransen   
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the Dendrobranchiate, Stenopodidean, Procarididean and Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoologische Mededelingen, vol. 85, no. 9   
  Page(s): 195-589   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 978-90-6519-2004, 0024-0672  
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  Reference for: Palaemon elegans   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): De Grave, Sammy, and Christopher W. Ashelby   
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: A re-appraisal of the systematic status of selected genera in Palaemoninae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3734, no. 3   
  Page(s): 331-344   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.3.3   
  Reference for: Palaemon elegans   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Eastern Atlantic Ocean  
    Indo-West Pacific  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Palaemon elegans De Man, 1892 is a junior primary homonym of Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837  
 

 

    


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