#4468 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans

Oriental Shrimp

🇳🇱 Rugstreepsteurgarnaal ·Palaemon macrodactylus

🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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

1. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Adrie Rolloos · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Plaat van Oude Tonge, Bruinisse, Nederland:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 4311 Bruinisse, Nederland:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Den Osse 103, 4318 TP Brouwershaven, Nederland:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Palaemon macrodactylus is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae.

base stats

NL sightings 37iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 411iNaturalist 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 37 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #31 most seen of the crabs & other crustaceans in NL.
411 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Mary J. Rathbun in 1902 (124 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.