#4463 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans

Common Prawn

🇳🇱 Gezaagde steurgarnaal ·Palaemon serratus

🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © josepvilanova · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Bernat Espigulé · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Claudia Pogoreutz · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © whodden · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Den Osse Haven:© Adrie Rolloos · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Zeelandbrug, Zierikzee, Nederland:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 4318 Brouwershaven, Nederland:© Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
10. Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Palaemon serratus , also called the common prawn , is a species of shrimp found in the Atlantic Ocean from Denmark to Mauritania, and in the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea.

base stats

NL sightings 47iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,037iNaturalist 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 47 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #28 most seen of the crabs & other crustaceans in NL.
2,037 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Thomas Pennant in 1777 (249 years ago).