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Definition of Genus palaemon
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Palaemonidae; widely distributed genus.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Palaemonidae, Palaemonidae
Member holonyms: Prawn, Long-clawed Prawn, Palaemon Australis, River Prawn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Palaemon
Literary usage of Genus palaemon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"The genus Palaemon of the Decapods is known only from our largest rivers (Mississippi
and Ohio). In the genus Cambarus, very complex conditions are observed ..."
2. Journal of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland by Royal Geological Society of Ireland (1843)
"The first genus, characterized by its very long beak approached to the modern
genus palaemon, from which it differed in possessing didac- tyle claws to the ..."
3. Animal Life as Affected by the Natural Conditions of Existence by Carl Semper (1881)
"The typical genus Palaemon is a true fresh-water form ; almost all the species
live in pure fresh water, and many occur high up in mountain streams as far ..."
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