Palaemon elegans, Rockpool prawn : fisheries
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Palaemon elegans   Rathke, 1837

Rockpool prawn

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Palaemon elegans

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Palaemonidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range Οικολογία

; Υφάλμυρο; εύρος βάθους 0 - 30 m (Αναφ. 104052).  Subtropical; 69°N - 28°S, 32°W - 42°E

Distribution Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean and Black Sea: from Azores to Norway, south to Namibia and east to Turkey. Introduced in the Baltic, Aral and Caspian Seas.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age

Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 804)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 113561. Tolerates a broad range of salinity - from 5 to 45 PSU (Ref. 115278). From hypersaline lagoons, Zostera, Posidonia and Cymodocea spp. sea grass meadows to partly brackish estuaries (Ref. 122771). Coastal species (Ref. 113561). Intertidal in rocky and muddy bottoms (Ref. 122838). Found in shallow waters, with rocks covered by various types of macroalgae or sandy beds of Zostera marina (Ref. 804). Littoral, populates brown algae belts (Ref. 115278). Omnivorous (Ref. 96308). Feeds on macroalgae, detritus and invertebrates (Ref. 95829). Dwells in intertidal zones, in tidepools. Found in habitats dominated by Zoanthus pulchellus. Detritivorous omnivore (Ref. 132397).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Grabowski, M. 2006 Rapid colonization of the Polish Baltic coast by an Atlantic palaemonid shrimp Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837. Aquatic Invasions 1(3):116-123. (Αναφ. 2756)

IUCN Red List Status (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Αναφ. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά)
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Τροφική Οικολογία
Food items (preys)
Σύσταση δίαιτας
Κατανάλωση τροφής
Θηρευτές
Οικολογία
Population dynamics
Αύξηση
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Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Αφθονία
Life cycle
Αναπαραγωγή
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση
Γονιμότητα
Γεννοβολία
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Distribution
Human Related
Stamps, coins, misc.
Αναφορές

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 9.1 - 27.7, mean 18.6 (based on 1363 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Αναφ. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Αναφ. 80766): Very high.