Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837
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Palaemon elegans is a typical prawn with a cylindrical body composed of a carapace at the front and six abdominal segments. It has a short straight rostrum in front of the eyes with distinctive dorsal and ventral teeth. Palaemon elegans is translucent with red/brown lines on the carapace and abdomen. Just below the large compound eye on each side is the antennule, which is divided into to three parts. Below the antennule is the antenna, which is divided into two parts; the short flat segment (the scaphocerite) and the long whip-like flagellum. The first two pairs of walking legs bear claws (chela) and have yellow and red banding.Palaemon elegans is very similar to Palaemon serratus, Palaemon longirostris and Palaemon adspersus but can be separated from these species by the number of rostral teeth and the mandibular palp, which is composed of two segments.
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Depth range based on 48 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 4 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 40
Temperature range (°C): 6.832 - 11.845
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.459 - 5.063
Salinity (PPS): 10.036 - 35.203
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.138 - 7.360
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.336 - 0.546
Silicate (umol/l): 2.448 - 28.168
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 40
Temperature range (°C): 6.832 - 11.845
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.459 - 5.063
Salinity (PPS): 10.036 - 35.203
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.138 - 7.360
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.336 - 0.546
Silicate (umol/l): 2.448 - 28.168
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Intertidal on rocky shores in rock pools around mid-tide level but sometimes higher. Moves offshore in winter in northern latitudes.
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The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 9 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.
Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.
See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 14
Specimens with Barcodes: 21
Species With Barcodes: 1