Palaemon adspersus

Palaemon adspersus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Palaemonidae
Genus:	Palaemon
Species:	P. adspersus
Binomial name
Palaemon adspersus Rathke, 1837
Synonyms [1]
Cancer squilla Linnaeus, 1758 Leander brandti Czerniavsky, 1884 Leander rectirostris transitans Czerniavsky, 1884 Leander rectirostris tyicia Czerniavsky, 1884 Palaemon brandti (Czerniavsky, 1884) Palaemon communis Anslijn, 1826 Palaemon fabricii Rathke, 1843 Palaemon imbellis Fischer, 1872 Palaemon leachii Bell, 1851 Palaemon rectirostris Zaddack, 1944 Palaemon rectirostris octodentatus Neumann, 1878

Palaemon adspersus, commonly called Baltic prawn, is a species of shrimp that is frequent in the Baltic Sea, and is the subject of fisheries in Denmark. It is up to 70 mm (2.8 in) long, and lives in Zostera beds.