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Latin name – Palaemon serratus
Size – Up to 11cm long
Habitat – Rockpools and up to depths of 40m
Prawns are scavengers, feeding on scraps left from other animal’s meals and so are known as the cleaners of the rockpool. They have a see through body which makes them difficult to spot. The best way to tell the difference between a prawn and a shrimp is that prawns have stripes and shrimps have spots.
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