#4455 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans

Rockpool Prawn

🇳🇱 Gewone steurgarnaal ·Palaemon elegans

🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © @devastazyon · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jeff Goddard · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Riccardo Novaga · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Schouwen-Duiveland, Netherlands:© Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. Schouwen-Duiveland, Netherlands:© Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Fryslân, NL:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Jacobahaven, 4675 RB Netherlands:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 4322 Scharendijke, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Grevelingen, Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. Jacobahaven, 4675 RB Netherlands:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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. It...

base stats

NL sightings 89iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,099iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 89 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #20 most seen of the crabs & other crustaceans in NL.
8,099 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Martin Heinrich Rathke in 1837 (189 years ago).