| Common Name | Alamang paste shrimp |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official Trade Name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Philippines |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Motoh, H., 1980 |
| Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | morphology |
| 1st Modifier | taste/smell |
| 2nd Modifier | mod. for size |
| Remarks | 'shrimp' from Old Norse 'skorpna', i.e., 'to shrivel up'; 'alamang' is the Tagalog local name for this shrimp. |