Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Palaemonidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; catadromous; freshwater; brackish; depth range 0 - 17 m (Ref. 101283).  Temperate, preferred 11°C (Ref. 107945); 61°N -   27°N, 14°W -   42°E			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean.  Introduced in Baltic and Black Sea.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Common in European estuaries.  Mostly inhabits freshwater throughout the year but migrates to estuarine brackish waters to reproduce (Ref. 82147).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Inhabits freshwater but migrates o estuarine brackish waters to reproduce.  The development of the whole larval stage takes place in mid estuarine waters (Ref. 82147); juveniles migrates back to freshwater (Ref. 82145).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Grabowski, M. 2006 Rapid colonization of the Polish Baltic coast by an Atlantic palaemonid shrimp Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837. Aquatic Invasions 1(3):116-123. (Ref. 2756)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: commercial; bait: occasionally			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 10.6 - 12.5, mean 11.5 (based on 86 cells).			
 
			
			
			
							
					Resilience  				
				
				
					High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.51-0.62).				
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (23 of 100).					
				
						
							
					
						Climate Vulnerability  					
					
					High vulnerability (64 of 100).				
						
			
			
			
				Nutrients  :  Calcium = 109 [35, 184]  mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97]  mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386]  g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3]  μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40]  mg/100g (wet weight); based on 
nutrient studies.