Justice Journal
List of Atlantic decapod species
2026-11-15 18:26:52 · The Daily Ledger
This is a list of decapod crustaceans found in the North and South Atlantic Oceans.
Dendrobranchiata
Acetes americanus
Artemesia longinaris
Aristaeomorpha foliacea
Farfantepenaeus aztecus
Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis
Farfantepenaeus duorarum
Farfantepenaeus notialis – Southern pink shrimp
Farfantepenaeus paulensis
Hadropenaeus affinis
Hadropenaeus modestus
Litopenaeus schmitti
Litopenaeus setiferus
Lucifer faxoni
Lucifer typus
Mesopenaeus tropicalis
Metapenaeopsis goodei
Parapenaeus americanus
Parapenaeus politus
Peisos petrunkevitchi
Penaeopsis serrata
Pleoticus muelleri
Pleoticus robustus
Philocheras gorei
Plesionika edwardsii
Plesionika martia
Plesionika tenuipes
Plesionika willisi
Rimapenaeus constrictus
Sicyonia brevirostris
Sicyonia burkenroadi
Sicyonia dorsalis
Sicyonia laevigata
Sicyonia laevigata
Sicyonia parri
Sicyonia parri
Sicyonia stimpsoni
Sicyonia typica
Solenocera atlantidis
Solenocera necopina
Solenocera vioscai
Xiphopenaeus kroyeri
Caridea
Alpheus angulosus
Alpheus armillatus
Alpheus estuariensis
Alpheus formosus
Alpheus heterochaelis
Alpheus intrinsecus
Alpheus normanni
Anchistioides antiguensis
Automate dolichognatha
Automate evermanni
Brachycarpus biunguiculatus
Bythocaris nana
Crangon crangon
Crangon septemspinosa
Discias atlanticus
Discias vernbergi
Exhippolysmata oplophoroides
Gnathophyllum modestum
Heterocarpus ensifer
Hippolyte coerulescens
Hippolyte obliquimanus
Hippolyte pleuracanthus
Hippolyte zostericola
Latreutes fucorum
Latreutes parvulus
Leander tenuicornis
Leptalpheus forceps
Leptochela bermudensis
Leptochela carinata
Leptochela papulata
Leptochela serratorbita
Lysmata intermedia
Lysmata rathbunae
Lysmata wurdemanni
Macrobrachium acanthurus
Macrobrachium carcinus
Macrobrachium ohione
Macrobrachium olfersii
Merhippolyte americana
Neopontonides beaufortensis
Nikoides schmitti
Ogyrides alphaerostris
Ogyrides hayi
Palaemon serratus
Palaemonetes intermedius
Palaemonetes pugio
Palaemonetes vulgaris
Pandalus borealis
Pantomus parvulus
Periclimenaeus ascidiarum
Periclimenaeus atlanticus
Periclimenaeus schmitti
Periclimenaeus wilsoni
Periclimenes americanus
Periclimenes iridescens
Periclimenes longicaudatus
Periclimenes pedersoni
Periclimenes yucatanicus – spotted cleaner shrimp
Pontonia domestica
Pontonia manningi
Pontophilus brevirostris
Processa bermudensis
Processa guyanae
Processa hemphilli
Processa profunda
Processa tenuipes
Processa vicina
Synalpheus apioceros
Synalpheus fritzmuelleri
Synalpheus longicarpus
Synalpheus minus
Synalpheus pectiniger
Synalpheus townsendi
Thor dobkini
Thor floridanus
Thor manningi
Tozeuma carolinense
Tozeuma serratum
Trachycaris rugosa
Typton vulcanus
Xiphocaris elongata
Stenopodidea
Stenopus hispidus
Stenopus scutellatus
Spiny lobsters and allies
Arctides guineensis
Jasus lalandii – Cape rock lobster
Jasus tristani – Tristan rock lobster
Justitia longimanus
Palinurellus gundlachi
Palinurus charlestoni
Palinurus elephas – European spiny lobster
Palinurus mauritanicus
Palinustus truncatus
Panulirus argus
Panulirus echinatus
Panulirus guttatus
Panulirus laevicauda
Panulirus regius
Parribacus antarcticus
Projasus parkeri
Scyllarides aequinoctialis
Scyllarides brasiliensis
Scyllarides deceptor
Scyllarides delfosi
Scyllarides herklotsii
Scyllarides latus
Scyllarides nodifer
Scyllarus americanus
Scyllarus arctus
Scyllarus chacei
Scyllarus depressus
Scyllarus pygmaeus
Axiidea and Gebiidea
Acanthaxius hirsutimanus
Axius armatus
Axius serratus
Biffarius biformis
Biffarius fragilis
