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Palaemon affinis
Glass Shrimp
As recorded: Palaemon affinis H.Milne-Edwards, 1837
Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Palaemonidae
- Locality
- Pt. Jackson; Shark Island
- Island
- New South Wales
- Region
- Australia
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Palaemon affinis observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 975 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-11.

2026-10-11
Island Bay, Wellington 6023, New Zealand
(c) Joe Dillon, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-09
The Esplanade, Wellington, Wellington, NZ
(c) Nannebird, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-08
Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
(c) Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-18
Owhiro Bay Pde, Wellington, NZ
(c) secretsbetweenthetides, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-09
Waikato, NZ
(c) Gabriel Fisher-Navarro, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-06
Auckland, New Zealand
(c) Thomas Simpson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Palaemon affinis. BPBM 604. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37873657. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/s/604.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37873657 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
