Palaemon pacificus
Indian bait prawn
As recorded: Palaemon pacificus (Stimpson, 1860)
Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Palaemonidae
- Collected by
- JG Grovhoug
- Locality
- Pearl Harbor
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Depth
- 1 m
- Identified by
- W.J. Cooke
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Palaemon pacificus observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 100 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-11.
2026-10-11
Manazuru, Kanagawa, JP
(c) skwbc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-19
国道28号, 洲本市, 兵庫県, JP
(c) 井蛙之見, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-13
太平洋, 千葉県, JP
(c) fz_urb, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-30
대한민국 제주특별자치도 제주시 오등동
(c) crabini_ysk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-30
Fukuoka, JP
(c) ejin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-27
Tannowa, Misaki, Sennan District, Osaka 599-0301, Japan
(c) Herpihiko Komatsu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Palaemon pacificus. BPBM 17701. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 4979260214. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/s/17701.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 4979260214 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026