Palaemon varians, known as the Atlantic ditch shrimp and variable shrimp, is a caridean shrimp found from the Baltic Sea and the British Isles to the western Mediterranean Sea. It reaches up to 5 cm (2.0 in) in length and is never found in fully marine conditions, instead living in brackish water.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Atlantic ditch shrimp being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Palaemon paludosus
- Palaemon kadiakensis
- Paratya curvirostris
- Atyaephyra desmarestii
- Palaemon paucidens
- Palaemon adspersus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Palaemonidae
- Genus
- Palaemon
- Species
- Palaemon varians
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