Chinese ditch prawn
Palaemon gravieri
- Water temperature13–18 °C
- Best monthsJuly
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Laura Flamme, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Palaemon gravieri is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae. They are found in Korea.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Palaemon gravieri”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 11 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 13–18 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Chinese ditch prawn
Names in 2 more languages
- German
- Chinesische Felsengarnele, Chinesische Felsgarnele
- Japanese
- ナイカイスジエビ
Other scientific names: Leander gravieri
Similar species
Common prawnPalaemon serratus
striped river prawnPalaemon intermedius
Oriental grass shrimpPalaemon macrodactylus
Red-handed ShrimpPalaemon serenus
Glass ShrimpPalaemon affinis
Feeble shrimpPalaemon debilis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 440 open-data records from 2007 to 2011.
- Species data updated November 5, 2026.
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