Palaemon xiphias Posidonia prawn

Palaemon xiphias is commonly referred to as Posidonia prawn. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7650 

AphiaID:

107617 

Scientific:

Palaemon xiphias 

German:

Seegras-Felsengarnele 

English:

Posidonia Prawn 

Category:

Shrimps 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Palaemon (Genus) > xiphias (Species) 

Initial determination:

Risso, 1816 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Madeira, Morocco, Northern Africa, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Size:

up to 2.76" (7 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Amphipods, Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Clams, Copepods, Crustaceans, Cyclops, Detritus, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Mysis, Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Snails, Starfishs, Worms 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

Easy 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Palaemon adspersus
  Ostseegarnele
• Palaemon concinnus
• Palaemon debilis
• 
  Palaemon elegans
  Kleine Felsengarnele, Steingarnele
• 
  Palaemon floridanus
  Felsengarnele
• Palaemon gravieri
• 
  Palaemon longirostris
  Delta Felsengarnele
• 
  Palaemon macrodactylus
  Felsengarnele
• Palaemon maculatus
• Palaemon northropi
• Palaemon ortmanni
• 
  Palaemon pacificus
  Felsengarnele
• Palaemon pandaliformis
• Palaemon paucidens
• 
  Palaemon ritteri
  Teppich-Felsengarnele, Streifen-Felsengarnele
• 
  Palaemon serratus
  Sägegarnele, Gemeine Felsengarnele
• Palaemon serrifer
• 
  Palaemon xiphias
  Seegras-Felsengarnele
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Palaemon affinis
  Felsengarnele
• 
  Palaemon serenus
  Felsengarnele
• 
  Palaemon varians
  Schwimmgarnele, Brackwassergarnele, Glasgarnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-10-29 19:39:57 

Last edit:

2014-10-29 19:39:57 

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