Shrimp, Snails, and Crabs
Mediterranean Rock Shrimp
Palaemon elegans
Photo: Cisamarc · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature12–24 °C
- pH8–8.4
- Adult size6 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Family
- Palaemonidae
- Origin
- Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic
- Size
- 6 cm
- Temperature
- 12 – 24°C
- pH
- 8.0 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.024 – 1.028
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- planktonic larvae
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes (in a Mediterranean aquarium)
Notes: A translucent shrimp with dark lines and yellow and blue spots on its legs. Very common in tidal pools.
