Palaemon serenus

Banded shrimp
Palaemon serenus
Palaemon serenus, Narooma, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
Palaemon serenus
Palaemon serenus, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Photo: Ian Shaw
Palaemon serenus
Palaemon serenus, Narooma, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
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Palaemon serenus
Palaemon serenus
Palaemon serenus

Distribution

Temperate Australasia


Description

Transparent shrimp when alive, with oblique red lines on the carapace and flecks of red over the abdomen. The second pair of legs are long and have an obvious red collar on the claws. This species can be found sheltering in large numbers in cracks between rocks on coastal reefs.


Information

Max Size: 6 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 10.6-17.4°C

Depth: 0-15m

Habitat Generalization Index: N/A

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Infrequent (5.1% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Few (3 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


Edit by: GJ Edgar. 2008. Australian Marine Life. New Holland, Sydney