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Rockpool Shrimp (Palaemon elegans) Sometimes I forget the UK is surrounded by water and that I live near the sea, because of course, the sea is (still) full of life, including these little beauties just feet from the shore at certain times of the year, when the tide goes out.<br /> <br /> Read all about them here:<br /> <section class="video"><iframe width="448" height="282" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/XYAZOG6mPFw?hd=1&autoplay=0&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></section> Geotagged,Palaemon elegans,Rockpool Prawn,United Kingdom Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Rockpool Shrimp (Palaemon elegans)

Sometimes I forget the UK is surrounded by water and that I live near the sea, because of course, the sea is (still) full of life, including these little beauties just feet from the shore at certain times of the year, when the tide goes out.

Read all about them here:

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  1. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    Philip, you missed adding the details to this little beauty. Posted one year ago
  2. View Philip Booker's profile
    Philip Booker
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    So I did!

    I must have fallen asleep or been distracted and forgot to complete it.

    Both are possible.

     Posted one year ago, modified one year ago

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The Rockpool Prawn

Palaemon elegans sometimes known by the common name rockpool shrimp, is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae. It is native to the eastern North Atlantic (including Macaronesia), the Baltic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, and introduced in the Caspian and Aral seas.

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Uploaded Nov 17, 2023. Captured in RW57+H4 Brighton, UK.
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