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Common prawn

Palaemon serratus

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Field Notes

Description:

"Camarão-branco" small prawns with red/brownish striped and see-through bodies, small yellow spots

Habitat:

tidal pools and rocky substrates

Notes:

when you put your hand in tidal pools they are curious enough to walk about and even clean you! they are very nice little fellows

Reference Links:

MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
mendes.madalena
yes sometimes they get scared but they come back again :)
The MnMs
Is very nice and a nice video too :-) It seems the prawn had fun cleaning your hand until it got spooked and left :-)
mendes.madalena
some are bigger than others, but yes i have seen some as big as 3 cm!

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Portugal's Biodiversity
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Beach Biodiversity of Portugal - Dunes, Sand and Sea

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PublishedJuly 26, 2013

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