Palaemon peringueyi

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Palaemon peringueyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Palaemon
Species:
P. peringueyi
Binomial name
Palaemon peringueyi
Stebbing, 1915

Palaemon peringueyi is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae. [1]

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References

  1. De Grave, Sammy (9 September 2009). "Palaemon peringueyi (Stebbing, 1915)". WoRMS. Retrieved 30 April 2018.