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Palaemon modestus

Palaemon modestus, the Siberian prawn, is a species of freshwater shrimp from eastern Asia. A revision to Palaemon in 2013 moved Palaemon modestus to the Palaemon genus from the Exopalaemon genus.

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Palaemon modestus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Palaemon
Species:
P. modestus
Binomial name
Palaemon modestus
(Heller, 1862) .1

Palaemon modestus, the Siberian prawn, is a species of freshwater shrimp from eastern Asia.1 A revision to Palaemon in 2013 moved Palaemon modestus to the Palaemon genus from the Exopalaemon genus. 2

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References

  1. "NEMESIS Database Species Summary (Palaemon modestus)". invasions.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  2. de Grave, Sammy; Ashelby, Christopher (2013-11-04). "A re-appraisal of the systematic status of selected genera in Palaemoninae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae)". Zootaxa. 3734: 331–344. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3734.3.3. PMID 25277916. Retrieved 2020-02-19.