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title: "Common Prawn"
description: "Palaemon serratus — Outros animais. Palaemon serratus, also called the common prawn, is a species of shrimp found in the Atlantic Ocean from Denmark to Mauritania, and in the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/common-prawn
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Prawn

> Palaemon serratus — Outros animais. Palaemon serratus, also called the common prawn, is a species of shrimp found in the Atlantic Ocean from Denmark to Mauritania, and in the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea.

- Scientific name: *Palaemon serratus*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1935
- Wikidata: [Q2103330](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2103330)
- iNaturalist taxon: [130385](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/130385)

## Names

- en: Common Prawn
- de: Sägegarnele
- es: Camarón serrado
- fr: Grande crevette rose
- nl: Steurgarnaal

## Countries with the most observations

FR (500), GB (366), ES (226), PT (140), NL (47), IE (46), IT (25), HR (16), GR (11), JE (6), BE (5), AL (3)

## Summary

Palaemon serratus, also called the common prawn, is a species of shrimp found in the Atlantic Ocean from Denmark to Mauritania, and in the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaemon_serratus

## Photo

![Common Prawn](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-prawn/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alexander Lydon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/339420908

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-prawn?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).