Patrick Ess, Schweiz
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Leander tenuicornis (Say, 1818)
Distribution Tropical and Subtropical waters of the world except west coast of the Americas, Grand Banks and mouth of Bay of Fundy to Falkland Islands in west Atlantic.
Colour brwon to orange. Some female with ocellus. Rostrum sexually dimorphic. Habitat Found on Sargassum weed in open sea or submerged vegetation. Found intertidal with algae,intertidal marsh pools, on seagrass beds, coral reefs and on floating sargassum, on muddy, sandy substrates and emergent vegetation.
Is eaten by Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 (Common Dolphin Fish).
Synonymised names:
Astacus locusta Fabricius, 1781
Leander erraticus Desmarest, 1849
Palaemon latirostris De Haan, 1844 [in De Haan, 1833-1850]
Palaemon mauritii Spamer & Bogan, 1992
Palaemon mexicanus Spamer & Bogan, 1992
Palaemon tenuicornis Say, 1818
Palaemon torensis Paulson, 1875
Palemon natator H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
Penaeus adspersus Tilesius, 1819
Penaeus punctatissimus Bosc, 1801
Distribution Tropical and Subtropical waters of the world except west coast of the Americas, Grand Banks and mouth of Bay of Fundy to Falkland Islands in west Atlantic.
Colour brwon to orange. Some female with ocellus. Rostrum sexually dimorphic. Habitat Found on Sargassum weed in open sea or submerged vegetation. Found intertidal with algae,intertidal marsh pools, on seagrass beds, coral reefs and on floating sargassum, on muddy, sandy substrates and emergent vegetation.
Is eaten by Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 (Common Dolphin Fish).
Synonymised names:
Astacus locusta Fabricius, 1781
Leander erraticus Desmarest, 1849
Palaemon latirostris De Haan, 1844 [in De Haan, 1833-1850]
Palaemon mauritii Spamer & Bogan, 1992
Palaemon mexicanus Spamer & Bogan, 1992
Palaemon tenuicornis Say, 1818
Palaemon torensis Paulson, 1875
Palemon natator H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
Penaeus adspersus Tilesius, 1819
Penaeus punctatissimus Bosc, 1801
