Where Common prawn has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Palaemon serratus, mapped and tabulated by country.
13,659 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Palaemon serratus through GBIF, from 26 countries or marine areas. This page maps those records and lists where they come from. Occurrence records reflect where people have looked as well as where the species lives, so well-surveyed coastlines are over-represented.
- Georeferenced records
- 13,659
- Countries / areas
- 26
- Mapped locations
- 118
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 155
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2224987
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 3,946 records; Belgium — 2,888 records; France — 1,778 records; Portugal — 1,327 records; Spain — 1,249 records; Netherlands — 960 records; Ireland — 928 records; Germany — 255 records; Tunisia — 79 records; Jersey — 55 records; Isle of Man — 43 records; Italy — 32 records; Guernsey — 29 records; Croatia — 28 records; Greece — 23 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2224987) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2224987&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); Scharendijke; Wemeldinge; Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone; Oostende; Westerschelde; South Coast of England; West Coast of England; Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone; Oosterschelde; Breskens; Ellewoutsdijk; Walsoorden; Zeebrugge; Blankenberge; Nieuwpoort; Calais; Atlantic Ocean; Scotland; Danish Exclusive Economic Zone; Mauritanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Azores Exclusive Economic Zone; Madeira; Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone; Mediterranean Sea; Marmara Sea; Black Sea; Wimereux; Spain; FAO fishing area 34.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107616 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 13,659 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 20 of the 26 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 91 records in total (Tunisia, Egypt, Western Sahara, Algeria, Türkiye, Ukraine).
155 records plotting inland were omitted: for a marine species those are almost always the holding institution's coordinates rather than a collection site.
Records show where the species has been observed and reported, not a modelled range.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2224987) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2224987&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107616 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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