APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

Prawn and shrimp images (Crustaceans)
Prawns

Caridea (Infraorder) > Alpheoidea (Superfamily) > Alpheidae (Family)

Alpheus
Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835b)
- Snapping prawn

Athanas
Athanas nitescens (Leach, 1813) - Hooded shrimp

Caridea (Infraorder) > Alpheoidea (Superfamily) > Hippolytidae (Family)

Caridion
Caridion steveni Lebour, 1930 - A species of prawn

Eualus
Eualus cranchii (Leach, 1817 [in Leach, 1815-1875])
- A species of prawn

Eualus occultus (Lebour, 1936) - A species of prawn
Eualus species Thallwitz, 1892 - A species of prawn

Hippolyte
Hippolyte inermis Leach, 1816 - A species of prawn
Hippolyte leptocerus (Heller, 1863a) - A species of prawn
Hippolyte varians Leach, 1814
- Chameleon or Varying prawn

Caridea (Infraorder) > Palaemonoidea (Superfamily) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Palaemoninae (Subfamily)

Palaemon
Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837
- Glass prawnn

Palaemon longirostris H. Milne Edwards, 1837
- Estuarine prawn

Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777)
- Common or Great prawn

Palaemon varians Leach, 1814 [in Leach, 1813-1815]
- Common or Atlantic ditch shrimp

Caridea (Infraorder) > Pandaloidea (Superfamily) > Pandalidae (Family)

Pandalina
Pandalina brevirostris (Rathke, 1843)
- A pandalid prawn

Caridea (Infraorder) > Processoidea (Superfamily) > Processidae (Family)

Processa
Processa edulis crassipes Nouvel & Holthuis, 1957
- A processid prawn

Shrimps

Caridea (Infraorder) > Crangonoidea (Superfamily) > Crangonidae (Family)

Crangon
Crangon crangon (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Brown or Common shrimp

Philocheras
Philocheras fasciatus (Risso, 1816) - A species of shrimp
Philocheras trispinosus (Hailstone in Hailstone & Westwood, 1835) - A species of shrimp

Other prawns and shrimps

Gebiidea (Infraorder) > Upogebiidae (Family)

Upogebia
Upogebia species Leach, 1814 - A Upogebiid prawn

Comparative Images of Shrimps and Prawns

Brown shrimp / Common prawn
Palaemon serratus (Common prawn)
- with Palaemon elegans

 

Prawn Shrimp Images UK