Caridina cavernicola
author: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program
Fluwelen zwemkrab, author: Billiau, Ren
Caridina typus

DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

Decanet taxon details

Palaemon africanus (Balss, 1916)

932305  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:932305)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Palaemonetes africanus Balss, 1916) Balss, H. (1916). Crustacea II: Decapoda Macrura und Anomura (außer Fam. Paguridae). In: Michaelsen, W., Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas 2: 13-46. L.Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg. [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Palaemon africanus (Balss, 1916). Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=932305 on 2025-09-11
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2016-12-28 07:56:17Z
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De Grave, Sammy

original description (of Palaemonetes africanus Balss, 1916) Balss, H. (1916). Crustacea II: Decapoda Macrura und Anomura (außer Fam. Paguridae). In: Michaelsen, W., Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas 2: 13-46. L.Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg. [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference De Grave, S.; Ashelby, C. W. (2013). A re-appraisal of the systematic status of selected genera in Palaemoninae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3734(3): 331-344., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3734.3.3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
LanguageName 
English African brackish water shrimp [from synonym]  [details]
German Afrikanische Brackwasser-Felsgarnele [from synonym]  [details]
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Palaemonetes africanus Balss, 1916)