Palaemon (crustacean)
| Palaemon | |
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| Palaemon pacificus | |
| Palaemon elegans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Palaemon Weber, 1795 |
| Type species | |
| Palaemon adspersus Rathke, 1837
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Palaemon is a genus of caridean shrimp in the family Palaemonidae.
Some species, including Palaemon macrodactylus and Palaemon orientis, can inhabit fish ponds where they compete with fish for food and can therefore be considered pests.